[nagdu] Extended train trip

[Ed Meskys]

I have travelled between Boston MA and Portland OR, changing trains in 
Chicago. Two years ago I took the train from Boston to Orlando for NFB. Most 
trains take about ten minute stops to allow nicotine addicts to get their 
fixes. I also have travelled between Seattle and Oakland CA.Conductors have 
been very helpful about relieving the dog. I am quite fortunate that, as his 
trainer put it, my dog is a camel. He dumps once a day, and has gone 36 
hours, and pees only twice a day. My wife and I usually get a handicap 
accessible sleeper, which has lots of room for him. Our first trip was from 
Seattle to Oakland and we took a conventional sleeper. The dog was crammed 
between my bed and the door...very tight.

I am 79 years old and not that mobile, which is why I was able to get the 
handicap room at no extra cost. (I have an Amtrak credit card, and use the 
points for travel. In August we are going out to Spokane, WA, for the world 
SF convention, on points.)
Ed Meskys