Training - Literally

Yesterday, I was training - from Philadelphia to North Florida. The day before yesterday, I sat myself on the couch in front of my laptop and compared the costs of traveling from my apartment outside Philadelphia to my wife's home in Jacksonville, that is, jet vs. train vs. bus. Although the bus is cheapest at around $130, it's not all that much different from Amtrack service via the Silver Meteor at $157. On short notice they both beat out flying any airline by a wide margin. I bought a one-way train ticket and am here in Jacksonville today writing this blog entry after a overnight train trip that was both adventure and relatively relaxing.

To begin the trip, I packed my laptop, a change of clothes, toothbrush and prescriptions into my rucksack and walked the mile to the River Line light rail that connected me to the PATCO train to Philadelphia, and from there to the subway to 30th Street Amtrack station where I waited about two hours inside that cavernous facility for my train departure at around 5PM.

The train to Florida was on time. The 30th Street station is a hub for all the Northeast corridor trains, including the Acela's bullet service between Washington, DC and Boston. From my frequent glances at the arrivals board, I gathered that unlike most projects, most trains ran on schedule. Although the station's crowd density was nowhere near what I've experienced at Grand Central in NYC, the riders queuing for the commutes stretched to respective 50 yard lines.

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