A drizzly Saturday morning before our breakfast at the Chuck Wagon, Nokesville, Virginia. Right on time, the Amtrak Crescent sped through the crossing, en route from New Orleans to New York. It’s a 1,300-mile journey which could take almost 20 hours to drive, but takes only 30 hours (with 32 stops) by train. The price is $152. This is the same route which suffered last night’s 100 mph crash in Philadelphia, although that was an electric train from Washington to New York. I don’t suppose the trains through Nokesville go faster than 50 mph.
Owen of the Jungle
Unchained (really)
Our run-through before the 50s gala: we were doing the Unchained Melody arrangement done by the Acoustix, whose performance can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REujbffsNQM.
Happy Mayday
The mayapple plants popped up over the last ten days or so, and today I noticed the first blooms. But you have to bend down a long way to get a photo.
See Wikipedia reference.
Dylan is 10 months!
At Owen’s birthday party April 26th.
Owen’s 3rd birthday
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As the same train left Manassas station, I noticed the famous End of Train Device — see that tiny red box on the back of the last car, below. This was the technological advance in the late 70s which put almost all cabooses out of work within ten years. See Wikipedia EOT article.
At Dad’s
Building the patio railroad
Woodland wildflower
We see these in the spring along the path in the back. Ought to find out what it is.
Magnolias!
April 12th, 7:14am:
April 14th, 8pm, at dusk after a rainy day, with a hint of the redbuds blooming behind:
