Riding the Rails
Sep. 19th, 2015 11:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cornerofmadnessSo today was my steampunk train ride followed by the sternwheeler fest on the banks of the Mighty Ohio.I got to wear my new hat. I did opt for the lacy but basically sleeveless shirt because yeah,hot and humid today.
It started out on a sour note when I learned Google Driving Directions was WAY off on how long it would take me to get there (and I kept ignoring my GPS because I knew it was right on 33W and I didn't want to take 500 back roads to get there). I gave myself an hour and a half and should have been there at 2pm for a train leaving at 230. I got there at 2:20. Thanks for that stress.
So we're all there (and if there was a photo op prior to leaving I so totally missed it). We were going on the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway and I was hoping they had the steam engine up and running, not yet. I had no idea it was a 2 1/2 hour ride. There were three types of cars, two open 'cattle' car styles where everyone sits side by side on wood benches (we did NOT opt for this), the B&O car which is air conditioned (which we didn't know until we returned) and a reconditioned older car with windows which we picked to go on.
I was a little afraid I'd get motion sick especially when that train started swaying up the track but I was fine. It was a nice relaxing day. I was sitting alone but by the end, almost all the most active group members had sat and talked with me. I now know how to take care of grandma's singer sewing machine and they all know my gladstone doctor's bag isn't for show.
There was even a reporter talking to me and the others. How fun. I didn't realize that it would go to Hocking College (has such a pretty campus, too bad it's in worse trouble than my own) and to a little log cabin village. We got to wander around there for a while.
Next week is our ball. I was going to go to the sternwheeler fest as I mentioned but suddenly the sky clouded. I hadn't even gotten back to Athens before it was raining so hard more water was hitting my car than the last time I drove it through the car wash. So much for that. I hid out at the Kroger's for a while (I should not be allowed in the big Kroger's) then went home. Ah well.
It was a good night. I did stop at Arch & Eddie's but didn't care much for that sandwich (over cooked prime rib) and had to try Great Lakes' Nosferatu red ale. Citrusy hops but a bitter after taste. I've never really cared for anything from Great Lakes (Sorry Cleveland) but I keep trying.
Also Dr. Who tonight was good. I enjoyed it at any rate.
(rescue screech owls, blind in one eye)
(I'm molting and chill. He liked humans. The female didn't)
(Squeaky, she's so soft)
(look I'm in that preplum corset that isn't in a 'real' size because Pyramid Collection doesn't make 'real sizes' snort)
It started out on a sour note when I learned Google Driving Directions was WAY off on how long it would take me to get there (and I kept ignoring my GPS because I knew it was right on 33W and I didn't want to take 500 back roads to get there). I gave myself an hour and a half and should have been there at 2pm for a train leaving at 230. I got there at 2:20. Thanks for that stress.
So we're all there (and if there was a photo op prior to leaving I so totally missed it). We were going on the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway and I was hoping they had the steam engine up and running, not yet. I had no idea it was a 2 1/2 hour ride. There were three types of cars, two open 'cattle' car styles where everyone sits side by side on wood benches (we did NOT opt for this), the B&O car which is air conditioned (which we didn't know until we returned) and a reconditioned older car with windows which we picked to go on.
I was a little afraid I'd get motion sick especially when that train started swaying up the track but I was fine. It was a nice relaxing day. I was sitting alone but by the end, almost all the most active group members had sat and talked with me. I now know how to take care of grandma's singer sewing machine and they all know my gladstone doctor's bag isn't for show.
There was even a reporter talking to me and the others. How fun. I didn't realize that it would go to Hocking College (has such a pretty campus, too bad it's in worse trouble than my own) and to a little log cabin village. We got to wander around there for a while.
Next week is our ball. I was going to go to the sternwheeler fest as I mentioned but suddenly the sky clouded. I hadn't even gotten back to Athens before it was raining so hard more water was hitting my car than the last time I drove it through the car wash. So much for that. I hid out at the Kroger's for a while (I should not be allowed in the big Kroger's) then went home. Ah well.
It was a good night. I did stop at Arch & Eddie's but didn't care much for that sandwich (over cooked prime rib) and had to try Great Lakes' Nosferatu red ale. Citrusy hops but a bitter after taste. I've never really cared for anything from Great Lakes (Sorry Cleveland) but I keep trying.
Also Dr. Who tonight was good. I enjoyed it at any rate.
(rescue screech owls, blind in one eye)
(I'm molting and chill. He liked humans. The female didn't)
(Squeaky, she's so soft)
(look I'm in that preplum corset that isn't in a 'real' size because Pyramid Collection doesn't make 'real sizes' snort)
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