My plans for travel in April are shaping up nicely. They include Opening Day at Fenway Park in Boston, yet another ride on VIA Rail’s superb Train #1, The Canadian, from Toronto to Vancouver, and for more Red Sox games—two against the Seattle Mariners and two more with the Oakland A’s. The main excuse and…
Hawaii is unique in a great many ways, but the one distinction that has always fascinated me is the ethnic and racial diversity here. The fact is, everyone in Hawaii belongs to a minority group, which is probably why everyone gets along so well. When speaking about that special aspect of Hawaii, our former governor,…
The NARP meetings – that’s the National Association of Railroad Passengers – have just concluded and we’ve ended on a very positive note. After too many years of a hostile administration, there is strong pro-rail sentiment here in Washington now, both in Congress and especially in the White House. We attended to a good deal…
I arrived in Washington aboard the Capitol Limited on a Sunday evening. Monday morning, meetings of the NARP* Council of Representatives began bright and early. This was only my third meeting as a Council member, but this time there was a huge difference in the mood of the 80-plus people attending. After coming through eight…