MLT Club Member David Herrick
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This one’s kind of over-the-top cheery, but it does contain a Beatles reference:
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How about this lineup of well-wishers?
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Here’s a b-day present for Paul, from a relative of a friend:
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There are plenty of places I’d love to go, but with regard the specific act of walking, I’d like to revisit some of the routes I routinely covered a long time ago, from the one-kilometer path to school when I was a little kid, to the one-hour hike I did for exercise around the small town where I lived in the 90’s. I know the memories would come flooding back.
For a hefty guy, Fats did a lot of walking:
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I think I posted this song once before in another context. It builds to the point where there are three completely different melodies going on at the same time:
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Happy birthday, Lisa and Mona! Today everyone in the club will be emitting back toward you some of the joy that you constantly infuse us with. I hope you will take some time to soak up the good vibrations.
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I have no idea what the title will be, but I’m hoping MLT will do as they did with Songbird: drop a little hint and run a guess-the-title contest.
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Yes, Antarctica would be the ultimate travel destination! My daughter and her boyfriend actually did an Antarctica cruise a couple of years ago, departing from the southern tip of South America. She shared so many fascinating pictures and pieces of information with me. Did you know there’s a functioning post office in Antarctica? It basically serves the tourists on the cruise ships, giving them a chance to buy and/or send postcards and other souvenirs from the continent itself.
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Thanks so much for posting that video, Jung! Since I was a kid I’ve stared at maps of Canada and wondered what all that empty space actually looked like from the ground. Now I can visualize a little piece of it.
Another train trip through a desolate area that I’ve dreamed about for a few years is on the Ghan, which runs north-south through the middle of Australia, between Adelaide on the south coast and Darwin on the north coast. If I ever win the lottery, that’s one thing I’d like to do.
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The timing would make sense, but Wikipedia says it was just budget cuts.
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Tom, I just checked Wikipedia and found that the route was changed in 1990, and now the eastern terminus is Toronto rather than Montreal, so the train doesn’t pass through Quebec at all anymore. Here are the old (red) and new (blue) routes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_(train)#/media/File:TheCanadian_RouteMap.png
I had to re-read your sentence a couple of times: I thought you were saying that Jung, Jacki, Janis, and the Dead were all on that train together!
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In 1989 I took a train trip from Los Angeles to Chicago. It was my first cross-country trek by land, and I absolutely loved it! A hotel on wheels, with incredible scenery, especially out west.
Like Tom, I hope to do that trans-Canada railway ride someday.
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Hi, Diana.
Parley’s Canyon was amazing, and took me completely by surprise, although I should have realized that going from a high plateau to an expansive lake would involve an ear-popping descent.
I thought about you, and the Osmonds, as I drove through the city. The panoramic view of the mountains was really inspiring.
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Hey, Juergen!
Yes, Southwest Chief was the name. (I had actually forgotten.) It’s not exactly the same as Route 66, but it’s pretty close to the same path. I changed trains in Chicago and took another one home to Kentucky.
Union Station in Chicago really made an impression on me. Everyone knows about Grand Central in New York, but I thought Union was equally grandiose.
