Moving to California by Train, 1980 
"Travel by Train and See the Country!" Well, except that what you'll see are trainyards, and no-account folks living on the wrong sides of the tracks, and blighted badlands.  And it only costs somewhat more than flying.
 
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Date: 01/17/1980
 
Owner: Tom Chappell
 
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Atlanta
 
View from the departing train station: "Bleah, raining." I had planned to ride my bicycle to the station, but got someone to give me (and my bike) a ride there instead.
 
Date: 01/03/2006
 
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Train
 
I had paid for a private cabin, since I was going to be on the train for 3 days.  Incredibly small, but amazingly cunning, in a Transformers kind of way.
 
Date: 01/10/2006
 
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Mississippi
 
"Bleah.  Still raining.  Looks kind of grim."
 
Date: 01/03/2006
 
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Louisiana
 
"Bleah. Looks kind of grim."
 
Date: 01/03/2006
 
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Central Texas
 
"Geez, this is unbelievably bleak!"
 
Date: 01/03/2006
 
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Sanderson, Texas
 
"Hooray, buildings!"
 
Date: 01/03/2006
 
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El Paso, Texas
 
"Crap, how big is Texas, for Christ's sake?"
 
Date: 01/03/2006
 
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California
 
"Hey, there's a bit of color!" This was shortly after dawn, and actually, you can't imagine how much it cheered me up to see those purple bushes.
 
Date: 01/03/2006
 
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California
 
"And some more! Yay!"  In the end, my bicycle was temporarily lost in transit (?), and my motorcycle was in the moving van, so I called Dr. Brunjes, who came to pick me up, and loaned me a car.  Nice guy.
 
Date: 01/03/2006
 
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View from New Apartment
 
Taken through my actual picture window! You can (barely) see the Hollywood Sign and the Griffith Park Observatory.
 
Date: 01/03/2006
 
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In My Apartment
 
"I've got the keys!"
 
Date: 01/03/2006
 
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