As a young child my Dad took my sister and I down to an overpass to watch the steam engines, Puffers as we called them, come breathing and puffing out of the round house and going onto the world. We were entranced. As they came towards us Dad brought us back a bit so the steam and soot wouldn't get all over us. During the summer months we had a cottage on Cape Cod and again, we would go to the train station to wait for the train. Then it had gone to diesel. Sometimes Dad would place a penny on the tracks and we would wait as the train roared past us and flattened our new prize.
During my adult life I have found I'm never living to far away from trains and tracks and hearing them blasting their horn as they roll through town. It brings me comfort.
Now as we spend two nights in Van Horn, Texas the tracks are about 200 feet from us. Needless to say, I'm in heaven.
My Dad always wanted to travel out West and see the land, the long line of box cars being drawn across the country but never got beyond seeing it in magazines or on the TV. Last night as I lay in bed I could hear the train coming miles away. I knew it was getting closer and closer and I knew it would blow it's horn as he crossed roads going through this small town but as he did, I jumped, then smiled until I could hear the next approaching train.
This one is for you Dad!!
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The Great Buppie my awesome father-in-law!
and he loved you!!!
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Thank you Dave, I'll check them out. Hope they are easy , lol .
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Thank you Dave. I think I'm going to have to wait til we get someplace that we will be staying for awhile. We live full time in an RV and right now travelling back east. I keep missing. lol Don't need to get any more discouraged..lol.
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Hope the trip is going well!
Trip is great. Stopped last night in Kinder, Louisiana until Sunday. We have internet here for an hour..lol..but most places zero. Once we get to Florida and stay for a week things will settle a bit before we head off again.
Thanks Lynn. Hope all is well with you and I need to go see if you got your new four legged friend yet!!!!
Sometimes it's so nice NOT to have internet when you're travelling. You can pretend that it's just you, Roger and the pups in the world....no news, no bad thoughts, just pleasantries...and Roger's cooking :)
It's a long story, and one I haven't yet shared here, but it looks like my little pup might not be mine after all:( The owner's son has decided he wants him, so I've been showing him how to properly care for a dog. In the end, if the boy loves his dog enough and shows him love, how can I possibly take him away from that? It makes me sad and happy all at once.
Continued safe travels :)
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Thank you, will do!
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Thank you. <3
Thanks for sharing such sweet childhood memories. My dad also loved trains, and every now and then, when I hear one off in the distance (thank you, Newmarket train tracks), I can picture him smiling...
As our kids were growing we lived right along the Dover tracks behind Reds shoe barn. Now my daughter lives on the street that comes out to the bridge going over. At the campground in Lee I hear your train at night. Love it. Just always near.
I just love that when you describe these places, I know exactly where you mean! What a small cyber world it is, eh? 😊
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What a sweet post @swedegis! and yours and Roger's comments are too cute!
You reminded me of the times I would put a penny on the tracks for my own kids to enjoy! I'd forgotten all about that :)
I love this...the memories we have, and the way they come out, are so amazing. In your travels, your mind travels too!