Ted, Ted, Ted

This is a test. In two days we will start our big train adventure all across this mighty land. First we are taking the Coast Starlight to Los Angeles, where we will inspect the La Brea tar pits under Laura’s expert guidance. The next day we will get on a sleeper car and not get off until we see the amber waves of grain among which my second-youngest sister, Nicolasa, is getting married Saturday. There are lots of places to view aquatic dinosaur bones in Kansas, which was ocean bottom back in the day, so we’ll do some sightseeing too. Then we will get back on the Pullman and head home. I will be reporting to this website from the rails using my nifty wireless Palm modem plus the services of the even niftier Stephy the Postmistress, so keep checking this space.