I LEFT THOSE CARS, IN SAN FRANCISCO!

  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17TH 2024

I LEFT...THOSE CARS...IN SAN FRANCISCO!       !

   It's January 17th and that's

"Cable Car Day!" They're a San

Francisco attraction with a Pennsylvania

connection!
     A guy named Andrew Smith Hallidie 
got tired seeing horses falling over, sometimes
dying, while trying to pull trolleys up the
steep streets of the City by the Bay!
    So he got a patent for a moving cable to
pull the cars along. And, by the way, for a
number of years the cables that did the job
were manufactured in Sunbury, Pennsylvania!
    I got a chance to ride the Cable Cars back
in 2007 when my wife and I hosted a train
trip out to San Francisco.
     A guy directing the cars at a turn around
point pulled one aside especially for our tour
group and off we went!
     I got to stand at the right front of the car
which allowed me to get some great video...
but also had me ducking out of the way of
trucks parked along the tracks. Their mirrors
were at just the right height to knock any
inattentive passenger half way to the stars!
     Since we don't have any Cable Cars 
around here maybe you can head out to
one of the ski slopes and ride the lift all
day. It's just another version of Hallidie's

idea and no horses are at risk! No? Well

perhaps you could just enjoy some Rice-

A-Roni to celebrate the day!
     Hopefully that "Golden Sun" will shine
on you and all your NEWS will be good!