OK, here’s a weird one. My wife and I are going to be taking a Mississippi River cruise in May and we’re in the process of clearing up a few of the details. She will fly home from New Orleans because our house sitters have to leave earlier than we would prefer. Meanwhile, I…
There are some notable gaps in Amtrak’s long-distance routes that make taking the train from Point A to Point B inconvenient or expensive or both. The most obvious example is travel from New Orleans to Florida. This was a do-able trip until 2005 when Hurricane Katrina wiped out a lot of track east of New…
CHICAGO–There were only six or seven sleeping car passengers waiting to board #58 in New Orleans, and that included a young couple only going as far as Jackson, Mississippi. By contrast, there was a long line of coach passengers . . . well over 100, I would guess. The windows in the one…
As a retired advertising guy, I’ve always admired the ability to express thoughts that grab someone’s attention in just a few words. It’s hard—very hard—but we remember the really good ones, even after many years. This is one I remember—from back in the days of the Vietnam War,…