5/11/12

I had arrived In ALX aboard #67 @ 7:47 am. Then it was a VERY short walk to the METRO station (right next door) for a ride on the METRO to my next train of the day. After one transfer, I arraived in Rockville, MD. (As a side note - it is humorous to me to take a subway/train to/from Rockville. My sister is the Postnaster of Rockville, RI - very small town without any trains. In fact it's so small that of you blink, you'll miss it!) I then caught #30 for the short trip to WAS and to meet up with jimhudson, who would be my traveling companion for the next week. Jim was on #30, however unknown to me at the time he upgraded to a sleeper, and his Sprint phone did not connect in Rcckville. (My AT&5 phone did however work.) We connected on the platform @ WAS, and proceeded to the CA for the wait for the next segment of the trip. We had a couple hours layover until #178 about 4 pm for the short haul up to BWI airport rail station. We stayed overnight @ Embassy Suites, which has pickup @ the train station (& the airport next door) - but also free booze for 2 hours at night and a full (real) cooked-to-order breakfast in the morning! We stayed in the "Penthouse Suite" (what did you expect from me!) - the 8th floor of the 8 story indoor atrium! The total AGR points earned today were 600 AGR points!