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Here we are, en route to New Orleans! We are now in Mississippi, and I wish I had a recording of the train steward saying “Mississippi,” because it’s almost like music. Also, he just made me rather funky Bloody Mary. (For the record, Bloody Marys don’t go well with Snickers.)

Anyway, let me back up. Of course the last few days have been spent packing. Here is my kitty, being helpful as always.

Behind him, on my monitor, you will see the lovely young man who is inspiring Cody in my current WIP, but that’s a story for another day.

I left for Denver on Monday afternoon. Imagine my surprise when I arrived at Union Station in Denver to find it deserted! It turns out they moved they train station. Yes. You read that right. They moved the god damn train station. The funny thing was, the Amtrak people all acted as if we should have known. Because, you know, train stations move often. Anyway, I eventually found the new train station and found this, which I thought was cool. It somehow confirmed for me that we are supposed to be on this train.

So, now that we ARE on the train, what have we been up to? Mostly, just sitting here, and riding, and watching the landscape roll by. We spent a few hours yesterday in Chicago, but didn’t do much. We do have a few pictures of the train station and the surrounding area.

Rowan Speedwell joined us last night, right before I became horizontal and comatose. We had a lovely breakfast this morning, where I think we talked poor Rowan’s ear off. We also took some video which may or may not be of interest. We’ll link that up as soon as it’s ready.

Now we have showered and are refreshed and looking at least a bit more human than we did. We’ve parked ourselves in the observation car (where there are outlets) in order to bring you this breaking news.

We arrive in NOLA later this afternoon. We shall endeavor to take more pictures then.