{"id":4434,"date":"2009-11-21T22:22:32","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T02:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2016-10-11T04:48:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T04:48:04","slug":"a-recent-phototravelog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/2009\/11\/a-recent-phototravelog\/","title":{"rendered":"A Recent PhotoTraveLog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently took a month off to visit friends and family while I gathered my thoughts and figured out where I was heading. These photos were taken on my trip out of Marathon and back again. I rode trains, flew planes and sat in cars a lot. Here are some photos of things I want to always remember:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"traintracks\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/traintracks1-320x426.jpg\" alt=\"traintracks\" width=\"320\" height=\"426\" \/><br \/>\n<em>I found the backmost train car. It has a cute porch outside a door with an OPEN button. But alas it would not.<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"goodbye-texas\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/goodbye-texas-320x240.jpg\" alt=\"goodbye-texas\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Goodbye Texas, my longtime summer lover.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"observation-deck\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/observation-deck-320x240.jpg\" alt=\"observation-deck\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Sitting in the observation deck I overheard an old man say, &#8220;You just gotta wonder how many bodies are buried out here&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"hobo-room\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/hobo-room-320x240.jpg\" alt=\"hobo-room\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><br \/>\n<em>I went exploring and found a deserted stripped out train car. The lighting and decor is eerie. I call it the Hobo Room. Many a train jumper, desperate smoker and late night partier has hung out here. At least in my imagination.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"open-a-crack\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/open-a-crack-320x426.jpg\" alt=\"open-a-crack\" width=\"320\" height=\"426\" \/><br \/>\n<em>This open door onto the Amtrak train car flaunts free rides on a luxury superliner to the travelling hobo. I could have boarded for free!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"welcome-aboard\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/welcome-aboard-320x426.jpg\" alt=\"welcome-aboard\" width=\"320\" height=\"426\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Welcome aboard!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"little-boxes\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/little-boxes-320x426.jpg\" alt=\"little-boxes\" width=\"320\" height=\"426\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Little boxes on the hillside&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taken during the trip back:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"HEART\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_2336-320x426.jpg\" alt=\"HEART\" width=\"320\" height=\"426\" \/><br \/>\n<em>I found this reflection somewhat ironic, while sitting on the toilet, thinking about heartbreak.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"IMG_2339\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_2339-320x426.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2339\" width=\"320\" height=\"426\" \/><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;d only seen a picture of one of these as a concept years ago. It was fun to use it!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"IMG_2337\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_2337-320x426.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2337\" width=\"320\" height=\"426\" \/><br \/>\n<em>My new friend Hiram teaches me Gin Rummy on the Train. We whisked away hours playing over pizza and coffee. And some sweet jazz courtesy his laptop.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgborder\" title=\"IMG_2338\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_23381.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2338\" width=\"320\" height=\"426\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Of course I whipped his ass!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently took a month off to visit friends and family while I gathered my thoughts and figured out where I was heading. These photos were taken on my trip out of Marathon and back again. I rode trains, flew planes and sat in cars a lot. Here are some photos of things I want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,408,257,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog","category-diary","category-photos","category-travelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}