Captured...

I re-found this note I wrote while traveling by train from Denver to San Francisco, December 18, 2008, to enjoy one of the best vacations ever.

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Captured...

     We have been having a total blast on the California Zephyr.  It's sunset, and we have just left Grand Junction.  "Sky's on fire," says Gary.  Snow covers the fields and low rolling hills.  Dusk is falling quickly, with hints of more gorgeous clouds when we clear the buttes. After passing through a short tunnel, the vista opens up, revealing a crimson smear at the horizon.

     As the last light sneaks under the tail end of the clouds, the train picks speed, rattling and swaying.  We head west weaving through the mesas and buttes, losing our race after the sun.  Night has captured this hurtling ship on rails, our haven.