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Trivial Pursuit. Two women named
Vicki and Margareet joined us.
None of us knew the answers to any
of the questions and about 3 a.m. the
beer ran out.
Dallas was our next stop. Dave found
out when the first bus left and asked
about the closest cheap motel. Dave
and I went to a retaining wall, where we
sat and waited for our bus. To my sur
nrise Vicki and Margareet also were
waiting for a bus. They had been on
vacation and were just getting home
from Seattle.
When they found out where we
were going to stay, which they
said was a place to meet prosti
tutes, they asked us to stay with them.
Of course we took them up on the offer
and soon we were eating pizza and
drinking beer in the women's apart
ment
Dallas is a clean city. We wandered
around the town aimlessly, avoiding
jaywalking tickets and generally terro
rizing the downtown section with our
tourist act.
Soon it was time to jump on the train
again and we were on our way to Austin,
By now it was time to assess our plans.
We decided we would have to miss
Padre and just find a cheap motel in
Austin. Then we would get the next
train heading for Nebraska, the good
life, and a fresh dropping from the snow
god.
On the way home, we traveled non
stop to make it back for school Monday.
We took it easy and caught up on our
sleep. I woke up outside Little Rock
lying next to a large woman who had
stolen my pillow during the night.
Across from me, a tall, shaggy-looking
man seemed to be begging for someone
to go to the lounge car with him, so we
headed off for another deep, extended
conversation.
As our eyes rolled around in their
sockets, Reed and I watched the flooded
lands of northern Arkansas and south
ern Missouri. It was strange to watch
all the wet people worry about the rest
of their lives while we sat in the lounge
car eating microwaved burritos and
drinking Cokes.
The flood washed away trees and
everything in its way, as well as a lot of
garbage. The trip made me realize that
trains are the last way to get a good
look at America. An America that is
abused too much, land of the free,
home of the brave, and all that garbage.
There are too few ways to really look at
this land and the way people live out
side the reach of interstates and the
view of airplanes.
I doubt that trains will be saved. I
can't expect Congress to see it my way,
and I know that someday I'll think
back to these days and I won't be able
to tell my children about the freedom
and honesty of trains and this train
trip.
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Inside Moves, Grover Washington
Jr.'s new album, has a relaxed funk
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This sound, which is getting popular
among such artists as Chuck Mangione
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great reed player to get the popularity
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excellent reed player. Get set to hear
more quality music than you normally
hear on a record as you listen to Inside
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