THE "SLEEPER CAR TRAIN ADVENTURE" THREAD:
I& #39;m going from CT to GA today. Pre-COVID I wouldn& #39;t have taken a train, but their protocols look legit and it& #39;s shockingly about the same price as renting a car. By popular demand I& #39;ll be live tweeting this experience. Let& #39;s do thishttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">!
So of course nothing is ever easy (I have the worst travel luck https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">). There weren& #39;t clear signs for what track to go to and no train station or attendant to ask. So I spent 15 minutes going to each one to check if it was mine. They also don& #39;t use the same train names as Amtrak...
I finally think I found the right track and then an announcement came on saying I was (though I could barely understand it - if I was in another country and it was another language I would have been screwed). So then I went to the front of the train for business class...
The train arrived and all the cars said coach. Luckily an attendant stepped out in front of me and I asked where business was. He said the last car so this was me:
But I just made it! I think someone saw me runninghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">. Usually I& #39;d just get in wherever and go through the whole train, but I& #39;m not messing with that during a pandemic. Now I& #39;m in my giant biz class seat. Only the window seats are open so we& #39;re like 10 ft apart. All masked up https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😷" title="Gesicht mit Mundschutz" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Mundschutz">
But I just made it! I think someone saw me runninghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=. Usually I& #39;d just get in wherever and go through the whole train, but I& #39;m not messing with that during a pandemic. Now I& #39;m in my giant biz class seat. Only the window seats are open so we& #39;re like 10 ft apart. All masked up https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😷" title="Gesicht mit Mundschutz" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Mundschutz">" title="But I just made it! I think someone saw me runninghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">. Usually I& #39;d just get in wherever and go through the whole train, but I& #39;m not messing with that during a pandemic. Now I& #39;m in my giant biz class seat. Only the window seats are open so we& #39;re like 10 ft apart. All masked up https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😷" title="Gesicht mit Mundschutz" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Mundschutz">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
I& #39;ve got like an hour on here and then I& #39;m back in my old stomping ground of NYChttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏙️" title="Stadtbild" aria-label="Emoji: Stadtbild"> - Penn Station specifically. I have a 1 hour layover before my sleeper train arrives and I& #39;m planning to hide in a corner of the station and hiss at anyone that comes within 8 ft of me. Me:
NYC what up baby?!?!
Aaand I already remember why I moved out of NYChttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">. It looks like Gotham up in here. Also there are way more people than I am used to and they are closer to GA than WA in mask wearing intelligencehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">. I also forgot they don& #39;t announce tracks until the last minute...
So I& #39;m parked by the track update sign and the HVAC systemhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💨" title="Staubwolke" aria-label="Emoji: Staubwolke"> where I can also hear the audio announcements and am as far from others as I can get. Travel already made me anxious, but pandemic travel is spiking my anxiety. So excited for my own sleeper car without other people https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">
So I& #39;m parked by the track update sign and the HVAC systemhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= where I can also hear the audio announcements and am as far from others as I can get. Travel already made me anxious, but pandemic travel is spiking my anxiety. So excited for my own sleeper car without other people https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">" title="So I& #39;m parked by the track update sign and the HVAC systemhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💨" title="Staubwolke" aria-label="Emoji: Staubwolke"> where I can also hear the audio announcements and am as far from others as I can get. Travel already made me anxious, but pandemic travel is spiking my anxiety. So excited for my own sleeper car without other people https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
The first person to get into my & #39;hissing& #39; bubble was a man who asked me for money. He had a mask, but it went under his nose when he started talking and got in my space. That& #39;s not going to fly - sorry dude.
I need to chill out so I& #39;m going to see what kind of silly things I said on the @DineroPodcast episode that dropped today. There& #39;s a reason I write instead of speak y& #39;all https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen"> https://twitter.com/DineroPodcast/status/1330532242859421699?s=19">https://twitter.com/DineroPod...
My train is finally on the boardhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">! Now I just need the track number https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen">. Luckily my section of Penn Station has cleared out since I got here. Look at this ghost town!
Come on track assignmenthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen">! Also does anyone know WHY Penn Station does this instead of giving us track info in advance and telling us changes like an airport?! So inefficient. I& #39;m staring at this track board and dodging people like Neo dodges bulletshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">.
They announced the track and I bolted! In my sleeper car now and it& #39;s super cute!! I wiped everything down, closed the door, took off my N95 mask and am now settling in and getting excited for my room service lunchhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤤" title="Sabberndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Sabberndes Gesicht">.
They announced the track and I bolted! In my sleeper car now and it& #39;s super cute!! I wiped everything down, closed the door, took off my N95 mask and am now settling in and getting excited for my room service lunchhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=." title="They announced the track and I bolted! In my sleeper car now and it& #39;s super cute!! I wiped everything down, closed the door, took off my N95 mask and am now settling in and getting excited for my room service lunchhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤤" title="Sabberndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Sabberndes Gesicht">.">
They announced the track and I bolted! In my sleeper car now and it& #39;s super cute!! I wiped everything down, closed the door, took off my N95 mask and am now settling in and getting excited for my room service lunchhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=." title="They announced the track and I bolted! In my sleeper car now and it& #39;s super cute!! I wiped everything down, closed the door, took off my N95 mask and am now settling in and getting excited for my room service lunchhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤤" title="Sabberndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Sabberndes Gesicht">.">
They announced the track and I bolted! In my sleeper car now and it& #39;s super cute!! I wiped everything down, closed the door, took off my N95 mask and am now settling in and getting excited for my room service lunchhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=." title="They announced the track and I bolted! In my sleeper car now and it& #39;s super cute!! I wiped everything down, closed the door, took off my N95 mask and am now settling in and getting excited for my room service lunchhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤤" title="Sabberndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Sabberndes Gesicht">.">
WE& #39;RE MOVINGhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚂" title="Dampflokomotive" aria-label="Emoji: Dampflokomotive">!!!
Bye NYC!! (See if you can spot all the famous skyscrapers in this shothttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Zwinkerndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Zwinkerndes Gesicht">) I& #39;ll be back post-pandemic I promise! Gotta see my peepshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">
My life is basically an ad for @Vanguard_Group and @Bombas...and I& #39;m fine with thathttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">. I& #39;ve connected to the Amtrak wifi and it seems solidhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">. The sleeper car attendant said he& #39;d be back soon to take my dinner order. This is gonna be funhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😍" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen">!
My life is basically an ad for @Vanguard_Group and @Bombas...and I& #39;m fine with thathttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=. I& #39;ve connected to the Amtrak wifi and it seems solidhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">. The sleeper car attendant said he& #39;d be back soon to take my dinner order. This is gonna be funhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😍" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen">!" title="My life is basically an ad for @Vanguard_Group and @Bombas...and I& #39;m fine with thathttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">. I& #39;ve connected to the Amtrak wifi and it seems solidhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">. The sleeper car attendant said he& #39;d be back soon to take my dinner order. This is gonna be funhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😍" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen">!" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
I& #39;m looking at all the features of this sleeper car and have discovered: It has a sink! I knew it had a toilet, which is awesome cause I never have to leave this bubble, but the sink is a fun surprise. It& #39;s also funny to imagine sharing this car with another person. So intimatehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😳" title="Errötetes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Errötetes Gesicht">
The blue line is the journey I& #39;m on! Unlike the Amtrak route on the northwest coast it appears that we& #39;ll soon be heading inland away from the water. I wonder how far we& #39;ll get before I decide to call it a night https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">
Yo @stephonee - I made a video for you of all the features! It& #39;s only letting me upload 0:45/2:00 though https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">.
Aaand I just accidentally mooned some people in NJ who were playing tennishttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">. Sorry y& #39;all! I was changing and we looked to be in the middle of nowhere. I guess not https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">.
I& #39;m glad I spent a whole $5 to add an extra GB of data to my @republicwirelss plan this week because this train WiFi is not going fast enough to upload all the GIFs and videos I want https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">. I take it back about it being solid.
I was meaning to use this time to get back on track for @NaNoWriMohttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✍🏾" title="Schreibende Hand (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Schreibende Hand (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">(yes I& #39;m behind againhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">...) but there are too many things to look at!
Oooh I had my cabin lights off and we suddenly went through a tunnel. It was creepy and I loved it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😍" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen">
WHAT UP PHILLY https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">?!?
But also what& #39;s up Delaware? Your station is prettyhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😍" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen">
It& #39;s dinner time!!! This is Red Wine Braised Beef and I haven& #39;t even touched my giant tote of snacks, which is shocking. It& #39;s time to chow down!
Soo I just peed in the toilet here... And it didn& #39;t go anywhere. Am I doing it wrong? Also my partner suggested I get off at an earlier station and I told my attendant.. He didn& #39;t like that https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">. So like everything in my life, I guess we& #39;ll see what happens https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">
Hi there DC! I haven& #39;t visited you since I was meeting all you wonderful money nerds at that conference last September. Phew - it feels like a lifetime awayhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">.
So I accidentally fell asleep - I guess train rocking agrees with me https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Zwinkerndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Zwinkerndes Gesicht">. I also forgot that the sun sets at like 4pm so that was probably part of it. I was going to wait until the attendant comes to make my cabin into a bed, but I got impatient so I& #39;ve pressed the call button https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">
My dude came and made my bed. It& #39;s looking mighty nicehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">. It& #39;s also pitch black outside so hopefully I can get a real nap or read instead of staring out the window like a weirdo. The attendant also confirmed he& #39;ll knock on my door 15 minutes before my new destination. Winning!
It appears the attendant didn& #39;t know I was a princess and only gave me 2 pillows so I raided the ones from the second bed no one will be using https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">. I& #39;m now a happy princesshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👸🏾" title="Prinzessin (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Prinzessin (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">
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