Saturday, May 28, 2005
a little more info
Here's a news article and video about the accident. Thankfully it's not video of us, but you can see how ridiculous the situation was. Watch the car on the right, imagine that same thing happening, but in an SUV, faster, and when it starts going backwards it's on dirt, then it starts turning toward the driver's side, then flipping onto the roof.
What A Mess! Fluid Leak Leads To Several I-5 Accidents
Still gives me goose bumps.
-z
What A Mess! Fluid Leak Leads To Several I-5 Accidents
Still gives me goose bumps.
-z
home sweeeeet hooommmmme...
we'll, we're finally home. more from me on tuesday, then again Mrs. Z will probably write some more before then.
some thoughts:
. if you're taking the train a long distance, don't expect to arrive on time. we took the train from seattle to los angeles, normally a 35 hour ride, turned into a 41 hour ride.
. if you're taking the train a long distance, get a sleeper car, but don't expect much from the full bedroom. as awesome as it sounded to get a cabin with your own shower and toilet, imagine the two of them combined. with signs that say "may be more comfortable to shower when seated." water dripping on you while you take a piss. other than that, the bedrooms are GREAT compared to the normal sleepers. you have an extra chair to sit in, there's some space to walk around, etc.
. if you're taking the train a long distance, get a sleeper car if only for the fact that you get access to a special car that has wine tasting and a 20-seat movie theater. definitely takes the edge off of being stuck in a metal phallus for 2 days.
. if you're taking the train a long distance, expect to be social. unless you go in a group of 4, you'll be sitting with complete strangers at all meals. we met some characters. Stephan, the 70-something year old guy with the cowboy hat that's retired and travels for fun. two other newlyweds who met on a plane to london (where the groom lives), married in austin tx (where the wife lives), took the train to LA to take care of her visa so they could relocate to Bristol. I of course immediately said, "oh, do you work for ESPN?" and received the "what the hell are you talking about" look until I realized, oh, the UK. also finally met the 85 year old woman who consistently walked into our cabin thinking it was hers. "It's so nice though, you're always smiling." "That's because we can hear you coming...'oh I hope it's the right one this time...'"
. if you're taking the train a long distance, quit smoking first. the train was completely non-smoking, there were some times that we had to wait 5 hours between stops where they would let us off. might not sound like that much time to wait for some people, but we'd been sitting in hotel rooms for the last week just smoking and reading non-stop. i'd say we were at two packs a day for the week after the accident.
. if you're taking the train a long distance, get all your medication in order first. Rhiannon's still in a lot of pain from the accident, she ran out of vicodin the morning of the second day and I forgot to bring ibuprofen. paying $1.25 for 2 pills is ridiculous. probably could have gotten some better drugs from the bartender but he was a bittttt too shady.
I would say that in the last week of our honeymoon, rhi read about 2.5 books a day. 7 days. that's about 17 books in the last week. of COURSE she's a better writer than I am!
I'm a better editor though. so there.
love and kisses kids, remember to always wear your seatbelts.
-z
some thoughts:
. if you're taking the train a long distance, don't expect to arrive on time. we took the train from seattle to los angeles, normally a 35 hour ride, turned into a 41 hour ride.
. if you're taking the train a long distance, get a sleeper car, but don't expect much from the full bedroom. as awesome as it sounded to get a cabin with your own shower and toilet, imagine the two of them combined. with signs that say "may be more comfortable to shower when seated." water dripping on you while you take a piss. other than that, the bedrooms are GREAT compared to the normal sleepers. you have an extra chair to sit in, there's some space to walk around, etc.
. if you're taking the train a long distance, get a sleeper car if only for the fact that you get access to a special car that has wine tasting and a 20-seat movie theater. definitely takes the edge off of being stuck in a metal phallus for 2 days.
. if you're taking the train a long distance, expect to be social. unless you go in a group of 4, you'll be sitting with complete strangers at all meals. we met some characters. Stephan, the 70-something year old guy with the cowboy hat that's retired and travels for fun. two other newlyweds who met on a plane to london (where the groom lives), married in austin tx (where the wife lives), took the train to LA to take care of her visa so they could relocate to Bristol. I of course immediately said, "oh, do you work for ESPN?" and received the "what the hell are you talking about" look until I realized, oh, the UK. also finally met the 85 year old woman who consistently walked into our cabin thinking it was hers. "It's so nice though, you're always smiling." "That's because we can hear you coming...'oh I hope it's the right one this time...'"
. if you're taking the train a long distance, quit smoking first. the train was completely non-smoking, there were some times that we had to wait 5 hours between stops where they would let us off. might not sound like that much time to wait for some people, but we'd been sitting in hotel rooms for the last week just smoking and reading non-stop. i'd say we were at two packs a day for the week after the accident.
. if you're taking the train a long distance, get all your medication in order first. Rhiannon's still in a lot of pain from the accident, she ran out of vicodin the morning of the second day and I forgot to bring ibuprofen. paying $1.25 for 2 pills is ridiculous. probably could have gotten some better drugs from the bartender but he was a bittttt too shady.
I would say that in the last week of our honeymoon, rhi read about 2.5 books a day. 7 days. that's about 17 books in the last week. of COURSE she's a better writer than I am!
I'm a better editor though. so there.
love and kisses kids, remember to always wear your seatbelts.
-z
