Originally Posted by
DiverDave
I think I actually prefer the winter train. The snow is scenic, and the air was clearer. And the fare was cheaper.
A deep, dark secret that
monitor doesn't want you to know about
: he has taken that very same train.
Originally Posted by
DiverDave
Unhappily, it seems my work at Ft. Greely has been extended to the end of the year. It's either that or consider retirement. The last month in the stock market has put a significant dent into the latter option. Now if somebody at Vandenberg would quit, then I would be most pleased to fill in there instead!
Spending winter in Interior Alaska allows you to call yourself a true Alaskan. There's your silver lining.
Oddly, I grew up about 120 miles north of Vandenberg. Now I'm 350 miles south of Fairbanks. Are you reverse-following me?