Weekend stuff
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kumir_k9Monique had been down in Frederick, MD all week last week, so rather than drive down, I took a train and she met me in Baltimore. From there we went down to the Fairfax, VA area to spend the weekend with family.
Train is a pretty cool way to travel. I like it. Roomy seats. Refreshment car. On-board internet. I was able to catch up on all the PEL reading from 7V (what peopel had turned in to that point anyway) and I even got a lot of my own PEL written, which I still turned in incomplete, but I'll add to it :-(
We stayed one night with each of Monique's two sisters. We did manage to sneak in a hastily planned last minute lunch with Kiera and Steve and a game of Ticket to Ride at their place. I wish we could have done more and spent time with more people, but this was very much snuck into the middle of a busy family schedule. The rest of the weekend was spent mostly talking.
We picked up Elijah in DE last night on our way home. He'll be staying with us for a week. This of course put us a fair amount out of our way and we didn't get home until far too late last night.
So, back to work. Short week. Monique and I are taking Friday off to go to St. Louis for the annual Halloween convention. Good times and something to look forward to all week. :-)
Train is a pretty cool way to travel. I like it. Roomy seats. Refreshment car. On-board internet. I was able to catch up on all the PEL reading from 7V (what peopel had turned in to that point anyway) and I even got a lot of my own PEL written, which I still turned in incomplete, but I'll add to it :-(
We stayed one night with each of Monique's two sisters. We did manage to sneak in a hastily planned last minute lunch with Kiera and Steve and a game of Ticket to Ride at their place. I wish we could have done more and spent time with more people, but this was very much snuck into the middle of a busy family schedule. The rest of the weekend was spent mostly talking.
We picked up Elijah in DE last night on our way home. He'll be staying with us for a week. This of course put us a fair amount out of our way and we didn't get home until far too late last night.
So, back to work. Short week. Monique and I are taking Friday off to go to St. Louis for the annual Halloween convention. Good times and something to look forward to all week. :-)
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Re: Baltimore
Date: 2012-03-05 04:55 pm (UTC)http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage
It cost me $130 (ish) to go from Bridgeport to Baltimore. There's a stop in New Haven if that's more convenient. The train stops a lot less than normal commuter service. It took 4 1/2 hours of travel.
Oh, and it cost me $36 to park the car for 3 days.
If that doesn't cover everything just let me know.
Thanks!
Date: 2012-03-05 06:21 pm (UTC)