Until January 20th, I am riding Amtrak trains all the way around the United States. This is final leg of my trip, where I’m traveling from Chicago to Boston on The Lakeshore Limited.
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Going Home
My trip on the Lakeshore Limited from Chicago to Boston is short (only about 21 hours) and quiet. This train doesn’t have real dining car service, so everyone just stops by and picks up food when they feel like it. There are no warm conversations across cotton tablecloths.
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There are so many things to talk about beside Trump and Obamacare and walls. There are obsessions and war stories and romances and beloved pets and even, sometimes, murder. At one point, one of my train friends asked me about myself and was thrilled to know that I work in public radio. “Boy,” he said, “You really never know who you’re sitting next to.” I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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