In October of this year, the annual Fall meeting of the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana. I’m already thinking about how I’m going to get there and where I might like to stop off on the way back. Indianapolis is a big city. Maybe not compared to…
It’s really quite an amazing phenomenon: the travel industry continues to find ways to extract more revenue from their customers in unfair and outrageous ways. For instance, whacking you with the infamous “resort fee” that supposedly covers the cost of the gym and the sauna or whatever they choose to lump into that, even though…
One morning around the middle of next month, I will take a sip of coffee and casually ask my wife if she knows what’s happening on that particular day. She’ll look up from the morning paper, think just for a moment, and say, “Pitchers and catchers report.” After 38 years, she knows that, for me,…
The National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) has a page on its web site that shows the on-time status of every Amtrak train anywhere in the country. It’s fascinating because it provides both a quick-and-dirty and also a detailed explanation of each train’s status. I take a look every few days just to see how…