{"id":2084,"date":"2016-09-28T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2016-10-07T17:33:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:33:16","slug":"coast-starlight-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=2084","title":{"rendered":"Coast Starlight. Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Amtrak thruway bus was scheduled to pick me, and any other passengers, up at 7:25am.
\nAdvice from Amtrak suggested being there a half-hour early.
\nIt was about a half-hour walk from the hostel to the bus stop in the early morning, with no pack to carry.<\/p>\n

Given all of that, I’m not sure why it was necessary to be able to take the picture below at 6:05am.<\/p>\n

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In the interests of not getting murdered by the other residents of the dorm room, I packed up the night before & left my clothes laid out where I could grab & go without needing to turn on lights, though I did use my torch a bit to make sure all was well.<\/p>\n

The bus arrived more or less when it was expected, though the\u00a0other\u00a0<\/em>bus turning up was a tad confusing; Both the Oakland & Emeryville thruway connections leave from there, about ten minutes apart, and there’s nothing on them to indicate which is which.<\/p>\n

There was an Australian\u00a0Mother\u00a0& Son and a trio of Romanian backpackers also waiting.
\nThe Australians had somehow attracted the attention of a possibly drunk, possibly stoned, probably orbiting Neptune chap; He was doing a lot of topic changes based on words which rhymed or sounded alike, so there was a pattern to the rambling.<\/em>
\n Friendly, but not good at noticing that they really weren’t that into talking to him.<\/em><\/p>\n

From here on, it’s mostly pictures.<\/p>\n

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As we got closer to the coast, the mist rolled in.<\/p>\n

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And I’m keeping this one because I rather like the effect.<\/p>\n

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We got into LA Union Station early, which was just fine by me; I’d been feeling steadily less well over the course of the trip, and decided that I would\u00a0not<\/strong> be taking a commuter train or bus to the hostel in Santa Monica.
\nNot when taxis exist & the roads are reasonably clear.<\/p>\n

Well worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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