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Old 06/11/2007, 05:55 AM
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A Kid Riding the Train to Indiana
Friends from Indiana came to Minnesota last week to visit. While they drove here from West Lafayette as a family, their middle son stayed a few extra days to visit school friends and had an Amtrak ticket home to Indiana.

The Amtrak trains pass through Detroit Lakes in the middle of the night. Tyler arrived at the depot and hopped aboard the train at 2:30 in the morning. He settled in and slept through the night.

Only when he saw the Rocky Mountains did he realize that he was in northern Montana instead of West Lafayette, Indiana. He had hopped the west-bound train instead of the east.

He called home, and with a few phone calls to Amtrak, the parents were able to get him on an east-bound train and home.
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Old 06/11/2007, 06:19 AM
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Oops. How old is the kid? I hope he didn't panic.
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Old 06/11/2007, 06:57 AM
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LOL, that sounds like something I would do. But in the end, I'd probably sit in a corner and cry until someone noticed that I was missing....
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Old 06/11/2007, 07:11 AM
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If he was old enough not to be frightened, sounds like a fun trip--I'd rather have woken to the sight of the Rockies this morning than our Hoosier landscape!
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Old 06/11/2007, 07:41 AM
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If he was old enough not to be frightened, sounds like a fun trip--I'd rather have woken to the sight of the Rockies this morning than our Hoosier landscape!
i was thinking exactly the same thing!! what an adventure!
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Old 06/11/2007, 07:49 AM
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So what's wrong with Hoosier landscape???
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Old 06/11/2007, 07:57 AM
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Oops! Glad he made it back ok.
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Old 06/11/2007, 08:15 AM
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hoosier landscape


montana landscape



hmmmm, tough choice
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Old 06/11/2007, 08:17 AM
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I guess nobody from Amtrak looked at the boys ticket when he boarded the train?
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Old 06/11/2007, 08:19 AM
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I guess nobody from Amtrak looked at the boys ticket when he boarded the train?
He walked on, sat down and was never asked for a ticket.
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Old 06/11/2007, 08:31 AM
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He walked on, sat down and was never asked for a ticket.
That info certainly changes my vacation plans. I wonder if Amtrak goes to Nassau?

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Old 06/11/2007, 09:10 AM
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hoosier landscape


montana landscape



hmmmm, tough choice
yeah but, you let your boys escape from jail.
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Old 06/11/2007, 02:40 PM
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So what's wrong with Hoosier landscape???
Most of the time, it suits me fine but there's something about mountains that strikes a chord for me.
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Old 06/11/2007, 02:46 PM
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I could never live away from the mountains.
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Old 06/11/2007, 03:13 PM
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hoosier landscape


montana landscape



hmmmm, tough choice
yeah but remember that is where all your food comes from.
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Old 06/11/2007, 03:35 PM
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hoosier landscape


montana landscape



hmmmm, tough choice
True, nice green, lush Indiana rolling farmland or a stupid little red x...

I'll take Indiana!
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Old 06/11/2007, 04:50 PM
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montana landscape



hmmmm, tough choice
Ahhhhh....nothing like snow in July
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Old 06/11/2007, 09:07 PM
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geeezzzoooo Dino, that's June snow...can't you tell the difference?
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Old 06/11/2007, 09:14 PM
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Could someone please include those pics a couple more times in their qoutes??

I don't think we've seen them enough
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Old 06/11/2007, 09:19 PM
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hoosier landscape


montana landscape



hmmmm, tough choice
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Old 06/11/2007, 09:19 PM
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hoosier landscape


montana landscape



hmmmm, tough choice
Sure, No Problem!
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Old 06/11/2007, 09:20 PM
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Well Carrie he did ask!

I can see snow on our mountains from here. Of course it did snow Thur.
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Old 06/11/2007, 09:23 PM
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Old 06/11/2007, 09:24 PM
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hoosier landscape


montana landscape



hmmmm, tough choice
There is still snow in our mountains - I'm not sure how deep it is yet as we haven't gotten around to driving up there but a few days ago they were having blizzard conditions on top, close to a foot of new snow. Just a skift of snow here was all we got... (besides the 5" of rain)
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Old 06/11/2007, 09:24 PM
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hoosier landscape


montana landscape



hmmmm, tough choice
Bart, in the above pictures, how can you tell the difference between June and July snow?
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