Photo of the Week: 11/25/2011

Today's photo comes to you from my July trip again. This was shot in Palm Springs, CA when I was riding the Sunset Limited to San Antonio. Palm Springs is a smoking stop, and I usually get off at the smoking stops to take a photo of the train I'm riding. At first I thought this was just a snapshot of the train, and I ended up keeping the photo without really looking at it. A few weeks ago, I was showing these photos to my sister, and she really liked this one because of the people greeting each other at the train station. I never even noticed the people in the photo, I was taking a picture of the train! Anyways, here is today's photo:

Coming home is always nice. After spending a month on the rails, I got back to Boston and saw my family waiting for me. As much as I wanted to get back on the train and take off for another month, I wanted more to get off the train and spend time with my family again. This time of year, a lot of people are taking the train to see family. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving has always been the busiest travel day for every passenger transportation agency across the country, with the other days in that week being very busy too. As you travel home to see family or friends, we hope you have safe travels during this holiday season.