This year’s destination: San Antonio, Texas. Clare went there many years ago on a business trip with a colleague and thought it was a very romantic city and has always wanted to go back and take me. Here is the train we’re boarding in St. Louis, Missouri, for a scheduled 8 p.m. departure. (The photo’s time stamp shows that the train obviously departed a bit late.) Our anticipated arrival in San Antonio is approximately 10 p.m. tomorrow evening. Our compartment is “upstairs” on the Superliner.
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...