Sitting in the San Antonio, TX Amtrak station waiting for the Sunset Limited to arrive. The train seems to be the best, if not only, way to get back to the ride. It actually works out well as Alpine is the farthest west I can go without passing the Ride and I am getting there the soonest I could and it just happens to be the morning that thr Ride comes through Alpine. The train leaves in 2.5 hours, at 2:45 am. Arrives 10:38. Hope it is on time!
When I reach Marathon this evening, the ride will be finishing Day 24 out of 58. We will be at mile 1221 out of the 3105 total. I will have missed around 300 + miles, but I will finish the ride and declare the ride across the country completed. I will not reference the time away again. It was just part of the program, period.
I almost had an adventure getting to the train station. I had built up in my mind that getting a taxi might be an issue, little late at night, but it took all of about 10 seconds to find and get in one. Yeah! Would have been a total success if the driver had actually carried me to the train station instead of the bus station. Cautious me asked 'are you sure' as I saw only bus signs and no he wasn't. I gave him the address and 'oh, sorry', a little later we're there.
Got a sympathy card from my friends on the Ride, so very nice. Tina really appreciated the effort.
Just a note about our group leaders. As pictured, Paul and Nicole.
Paul is retired, lives in Minnesota. Nicole went to Appalaichain State in Boone, NC, now living in Sante Fe. Good leaders, good folks on the ride.
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