All Aboard !

Welcome back to #TravelThursday. You know I love the sound of train horns in the distance. And in my new home in the Heartland of Florida I hear train horns from afar. When it’s really quiet outside (and inside my own home) – particularly at night – I can actually hear (and almost feel) the sound of the train as it moves along the track. Those are sounds that I never heard down in my former home in deep South Florida. (Trains didn’t go that far south.)

At its closest point the active railroad track (used by AMTRAK and other trains) is just 2 miles to the north-northeast. My home office in the front of my home also faces in that direction, so when I’m sitting here at my desk writing this blog, or writing a sermon, or working on Excel spreadsheets – and I hear the train – it’s a beautiful sound, and it makes me wonder how many people are on that train, or what material and supplies are being hauled, and is it headed northward or southward. It’s a welcome distraction for a few minutes.

FLASHBACK – I wrote about AMTRAK on the July 13TH 2023 edition of #TravelThursday.

I want to ride a train sometime in the future to see America. There’s a vast part of our country that I’ve never seen before (such as California, and the Pacific northwest, and the Rocky Mountain states, and the Great Plains, and even most of New England.)

There’s actually a train that does short sightseeing trips right here in the Heartland of Florida – Sugar Express. That would be a good start to see America – starting right here in my backyard. I may do it in March. That would make for a great #TravelThursday blog post !

Next #TravelThursday – My Heart Will Go On. Let’s keep traveling together.