Mallory is taking a 50+ hour train ride home to Oklahoma. We've been talking together about it for a month or so now and she has come to the firm conclusion that she is taking the train home. I'm sure if you've heard this plan that you've thought in your head or expressed it to Mallory that it's a crazy idea and, "why wouldn't you just take a flight home"? I've said the same thing many times hoping that it will trigger something inside her that makes her realize the she would be saving so much time by flying home, time she could spend with her family. I don't think any of us fully understand what it's like for her to actually get on an airplane. What goes on inside her body when she feels that anxiety as the plane first takes off until it begins it's final decent. Furthermore, just because it sounds crazy to spend three days on a train doesn't mean she won't actually enjoy it.
Just look at the view she'll be watching go by for the entire state of California. She told me today that just because it's normal to rush around when traveling doesn't mean she isn't allowed to take all the time she wants. She has a knack for doing things differently and she wants to travel like they did back in the day. I can't tell her that's dumb because I've never tried it, and neither has anyone else that I know. So instead of expressing to Mallory why we think she's crazy for putting herself through something like that, why don't we tell her what an awesomely interesting trip it will be. Maybe not the trip of "our dreams" but it's not our trip or our dreams.
-Trey
My Granddaddy Barnes was a railroad man all of his life and I love trains. I would ride a train anyday, anywhere possible. We're supposed to get a new Amtrak station here in B'ham - I hope that happens! Mallory you're gonna love the trip. When we lived in Calif., I used to ride the train down the state for speaking engagements. . . time to read, time to look, really look at the landscape and time to relax and also you meet some intereting people when you travel at a slower speed. I wish I could ride with you, but that would interrupt the reverie that will be yours. You go girl! Gammy
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