And were off again. Also... Gotta love the heavy sleepers who forget to silent their phone alarms/ringers.
Daybreak should be somewhere around Gilully Loops? I remember eating breakfast at Soldier Summit. I love the play-by-play coverage!
As much as I hate to say it, you are probably going to run into more MOW crews at the begining of Soldier Summit replacing ties. Ben
Goodmorning. Man that sun is bright!Well, the cell phone triangulation seems to think we're down in Centerville, south of the piute resivor. I don't recall that we've done the loops yet, of course I was mostly asleep.
Castle Gate! Helper is a cool town. I wish I could have seen it in its 'Grande heyday. I bagged this shot from #6 in 2004:
Green River in five minutes. Just saw a bald eagle on the ground about 40 feet from the tracks. Holy cow! In the air theres nothing to provide reference, but on the ground they are huge!
HAHAHAHAHA!! Ok, so on the final approach to Green River there is a gas station and a subway on the outskirts of town. I just saw a raven flying off with a subway bag in its grasp as if it stopped in for a healthy sandwich to go!!!
Mark, The automated attendant says you're running an hour late into Grand Junction. Does that sound right? Ben
Yep. About an hour late. We slowed down again for couple minutes after Green River too. And as I type, the conductor just announced were about 1 hour from Grand Junction.
Sweet! I'm in the parking lot now. A BNSF just headed your way. Probably to switch tankers out east of Fruita.
