There is only one place in the entire United States where you can load your
automobile onto an Amtrak train and accompany it nonstop to Florida. The
embarkation point is Lorton, Virginia. I happened to find myself 3 miles away
from the station when I happened to be stranded, unable to drive on the icy
highways. How perfect is it to be steps away from a solution out of the
predicament? How perfect would it be to tuck our car into the train, settle
ourselves into passenger seats and snooze on the overnight voyage?
The hitch?
Sold out. So, here we sit in the parking lot, hoping to go standby. Hoping that
the mob in the waiting room falls short of the capacity. Fingers crossed.
Epilogue:
Snap. Sadly, the train was full. We were not among those lucky people who Amtrak welcomed aboard.
