Wednesday, March 5, 2014

The Mayor & the Tasty Turkey!


       FOR THURSDAY MARCH 6TH

       The alarm went off at 6am Wednesday.
 I didn't think they started mornings that
 early any more. I know they shouldn't!
   But we wanted to get an early start
 to Lorton, Virginia to catch the Auto-
 Train to Florida.
   The drive turned out to be smooth and
 easy and we showed up at the station
 before Noon! "
    What a great start! We were there, our
 car was there, our baggage was there.
 Everything was there! EXCEPT the Train!
    Seems the storm that missed northeastern
Pennsylvania on Monday left frozen switch
tracks somewhere between sunny Florida
and us! Of course it probably didn't help
that the train rammed a car somewhere along
the way!
    Our train would be over 4 hours late!
    A 7 or so hour wait at the Railroad
 station did not seem very appealing.
    But the MAYOR saved us!
    Now in this case I'm writing about the
 Mayor of Occoquan, Virginia, a small and
very classy community just 5 miles from our
 crowded station!
    His honor brought a mini bus to the railway
 and suggested that anyone who didn't want to
 spend the day sitting around could get a round
 trip ride  to the shops and restaurants in his town
 for just five bucks.
    This guy is a walking Chamber of Commerce
 for this neat community!
    We enjoyed some shopping and a stop at a
 great little restaurant where we found a
 piece of pecan cake capable of raising your
 sugar levels without actually eating any. But
 we did anyway!
     Back at the station AutoTrain was replacing
 the fine dining usually offered on board with a
 packaged sandwich identified on the label as
 "Tasty Turkey."
     While it probably satisfied the 200 or so
 people waiting in what looked like a depression era
 Bread Line, my wife and I were content with the
 pleasant memories of a wonderful chicken salad
 and Rubin followed by that chunk of Pecan
 Cake!
     If you're ever stranded in Virginia, hope that it's
 somewhere near Occoquan! I think there's still
 some cake left!
     Hope you're running on Time and that all your
 NEWS is good!






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