Well here I am sitting at the Cleburne, Texas Intermodal Depot awaiting my departure of the Texas Eagle. They happen to have wireless internet here, so why not get started with my daily trip report. This trip is going to take me across the country by train nearly 4 times, and take over a month to complete. Of course many stops and sightseeing will be done along the way. I should have an entry for each day on this website and will post them as I get internet connections. Slowly I'll gather pictures, maps, and other things and put them on my travel log website. So I hope you enjoy!
Day 1 February 11, 2009
Here is sit in Cleburne, Texas, waiting for my southbound Texas Eagle. The train is ontime and is due to arrive at 3:22 PM. This first day is short. I'm only riding to Austin to visit my grandparents. I was originally scheduled to depart from Fort Worth which is near where I live. However due to logicalities, I had to drive down to Glen Rose, TX, to leave my car. My other grandparents live there and it happens to be about 20 miles from Cleburne, so I'm getting on here.
I was up early this morning to get some last minute things done and to finish my packing. Being how I usually live out of a suitcase anyway, you'd think it wouldn't be a big deal. However, trying to pack for a month long trip, without much access to laundry, takes a little more planning. I packed a larger bag with some extra clean clothes. This bag would be checked and I would carry my smaller bag with some other clothes. At each major stop, I can exchange dirty clothes with cleans ones. After finishing things I up packed up the car and headed to Fort Worth. Here I was able to pick up my tickets and check my bag. I asked the agent if it would be ok to board in Cleburne, and he said that would be fine. No need to change your ticket. After about another 50 miles of driving to Glen Rose, I left my car and my grandparents drove me to Cleburne. We said our goodbyes and here I am waiting for the train...
To be continued....
Day 1 February 11, 2009
Here is sit in Cleburne, Texas, waiting for my southbound Texas Eagle. The train is ontime and is due to arrive at 3:22 PM. This first day is short. I'm only riding to Austin to visit my grandparents. I was originally scheduled to depart from Fort Worth which is near where I live. However due to logicalities, I had to drive down to Glen Rose, TX, to leave my car. My other grandparents live there and it happens to be about 20 miles from Cleburne, so I'm getting on here.
I was up early this morning to get some last minute things done and to finish my packing. Being how I usually live out of a suitcase anyway, you'd think it wouldn't be a big deal. However, trying to pack for a month long trip, without much access to laundry, takes a little more planning. I packed a larger bag with some extra clean clothes. This bag would be checked and I would carry my smaller bag with some other clothes. At each major stop, I can exchange dirty clothes with cleans ones. After finishing things I up packed up the car and headed to Fort Worth. Here I was able to pick up my tickets and check my bag. I asked the agent if it would be ok to board in Cleburne, and he said that would be fine. No need to change your ticket. After about another 50 miles of driving to Glen Rose, I left my car and my grandparents drove me to Cleburne. We said our goodbyes and here I am waiting for the train...
To be continued....