I’m scribbling this while temporarily stranded in Vancouver,
Washington. The train had electric trouble so the aircon and toilets
didn’t work (and it’s quite a hot day). Now go on train-sceptics,
have your laugh! But I’ve seen similar stuff happen in other
countries, and with airlines also. I’m quite entertained here, I like
watching people do whatever they do, and there’s plenty of that here.


Amtrak has been taking good care of us with lots of cold water, ice, and popsicles… the local fire rescue has come by to check whether everybody (particularly the older people) were doing ok with the heat, and just now someone from a local TV station came by with a camera – of course that’s typical of any town where not much happens (I used to live in Cairns, North Queenland in Australia – similar quietness ;-)


Update… we’ve just been informed that there’s a replacement train on the way, so we’re about to head off! I think it’s just about the time we were originally scheduled to arrive… ohwell ;-)

Pretty much everybody has been a good sport about this adventure, and that’s very nice to see; no people being cranky at the poor local employees or anything like that. It’s also been interesting to see that many people these days carry not only a mobile phone but also a charger… yes, I do that too, it does come in handy sometimes.