Re: Denver

Kitty,
So did he loan him the toothbrush?
Tricia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Denver


> Can't really answer your qstn, but 5 days on a train brings to mind....
>
> Back in 1979, I sold my 1970 HO Trans Am to a collector in El Paso and my
> husband and I drove it down to him in May.  From there we hopped a little
> plane to Las Vegas and won $500.  Then we took the train home. Three days
on
> a train - and we didn't get a berth.  Jerry was a pretty fastidious guy
and
> I still remember the look on his face as he came back from brushing his
> teeth in the bathroom.  Apparently, a convict (in custody) traveling to
his
> daughter's funeral told him he thought that a good toothbrushing was a
fine
> idea and would Jerry mind lending him his brush when he was done?
>
> We changed trains in Ogden Utah in the middle of the night.  We went
through
> some fabulous country but the sight-seeing cars that had the glass-domed
> roofs (rooves?) were so dirty from the outside, it really detracted from
the
> view.  That was one lonnnnnnggggggg train ride.
>
> Your trip sounds like much more fun with interesting stops along the way.
>
> Kitty
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 9:04 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] Denver
>
>
> > Concerning my Denver request- I have an opportunity to take a train ride
> > in that area... 5 days, 5 towns, via a few different old trains thru the
> > countryside by Denver....
> >
> >
> > Curious if anyone has ever done this? Not sure I really want to do this
> > or not... anything a gardener would be interested in seeing in Aug?!?
> >
> >
> > Donna
> >
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