5/6/02, 2:05 PM Chris and Melissa wait for lunch on Monday.	5/6/02, 2:14 PM Chris looks at his frozen apple pie. He eventually had it microwaved (it was supposed to have been microwaved in the first place, but wasn't), whereupon it became too hot.	5/6/02, 2:14 PM The evil apple pie of death.
5/6/02, 2:14 PM Jim eats his lunch. Also note Chris's still-frozen pie. Photo by Chris	5/6/02, 2:15 PM Jim and I chat with Chris and Melissa across the table. Photo by Chris	5/6/02, 2:16 PM Jim and I look out the window and ponder why the train is stopped. This would become a very common practice during the next few days. Also note, in the background, the waitress who gave Chris the evil apple die of death. Photo by Chris
5/6/02, 2:17 PM Michelle talks to Chris as the train rolls along.	5/6/02, 2:23 PM Track workers wave to us after we disrupted their work, forcing them off the track so we could get by.	5/6/02, 2:43 PM Alfie licks Frances as they eat lunch together. (I'm not sure how Amtrak's dog-food selection is.)
5/6/02, 3:01 PM Melissa sits in the sightseeing car, probably counting the hours till she's home in New Orleans. Photo by Chris	5/6/02, 2:43 PM Melissa envisions wringing the conductor's neck for making us so late. (Okay, so she's not really doing that, but it makes a good caption.)	5/6/02, 2:46 PM Chris takes a picture of Frances and Alfie.
5/6/02, 2:46 PM Frances and Alfie... aww. Photo by Chris	5/6/02, 4:38 PM Michaela makes a face as Chris takes her picture. Photo by Chris	5/6/02, 4:40 PM Carlos hams for the camera with the moutains of Arizona in the background. Photo by Chris
5/6/02, 4:43 PM My food from the lounge car, courtesy of Robert. Mmm... milk.	5/6/02, 4:47 PM Melissa drinks something from Robert's bar. Photo by Chris	5/6/02, 5:07 PM The guy with the turban in the seat in front of me takes a nap.
5/6/02, 5:38 PM I post something to my website over my cell phone, while my GPS receiver chugs away in the background, tracking our location. Note my, uh, interesting haircut. Photo by Chris	5/6/02, 6:20 PM Robert serves some food in the lounge car. Photo by Chris	5/6/02, 7:40 PM Sunset, seen from the sightseeing car, on Monday evening.
5/6/02, 7:42 PM A group of Sunset Limited riders watch the sunset Monday evening.	5/7/02, 9:34 AM Bob, the funny Italian guy, poses for a picture after breakfast Tuesday. Photo by Chris	5/7/02, 9:42 AM Bob strikes up a conversation with someone.
5/7/02, 9:43 AM The couple that Chris and I ate breakfast with Tuesday.	5/7/02, 9:57 AM Troy, the dining-car guy. Photo by Chris	5/7/02, 10:00 AM The travelers from South Africa take a nap. Photo by Chris
5/7/02, 10:02 AM Chris walks through our coach car. He and I were both constantly walking around, doing random things.	5/7/02, 10:02 AM Melissa takes a mid-morning nap on Tuesday.	5/7/02, 10:03 AM Chris gives me a quizzical look. Don't remember why.
5/7/02, 10:18 AM Chris joins Melissa in her mid-morning nap.	5/7/02, 11:12 AM Chris, a website designer who owned a business until he sold it last week, calls on his cell phone to check how things are going.	5/7/02, 11:17 AM I stand in front of our coach car in San Antonio. Photo by Chris
5/7/02, 11:18 AM Chris stands in front of our coach car in San Antonio.	5/7/02, 11:22 AM Frances walks Alfie outside the train during our stop in San Antonio.	5/7/02, 11:31 AM I pose in front of one of San Antonio's tallest buildings -- a giant Marriott hotel. Photo by Chris
5/7/02, 11:32 AM Chris stands at the front of our train before re-boarding in San Antonio.	5/7/02, 11:34 AM I stand in front of the train before re-boarding in San Antonio. Photo by Chris	5/7/02, 11:40 AM Most of the "cast of characters" split our time pretty much between these two cars on the train.
5/7/02, 12:32 PM Chris walks through the sightseeing car.	5/7/02, 12:36 PM I stand between the cars. What? You're not supposed to do that? Photo by Chris	5/7/02, 1:47 PM Denny chats with someone about the ever-lengthening delays. Photo by Chris
5/7/02, 2:07 PM Two somewhat disgruntled passengers look out the window as we continue through Texas.	5/7/02, 3:04 PM Melissa, Denny, Chris, and -- uh, I think that's Carlos -- share a laugh in the sightseeing car.	5/7/02, 3:12 PM Chris takes a picture of himself. Photo by Chris (um... duh)
5/7/02, 3:40 PM Chris and Melissa look out the window (which you aren't supposed to open, by the way) as the train sits idly in Flatonia, Texas.	5/7/02, 3:43 PM The passenger who was escorted off the train is led to an ambulance. Photo by Chris	5/7/02, 3:46 PM Another shot of the scene outside the train during the ambulance drama.
5/7/02, 3:46 PM A resident of Flatonia, Texas (possibly the only one) jogs past our train. He did this twice. We were probably the most exciting thing to happen to his town since sometime during the Ford Administration. (Note: Who would go jogging at 3:46 PM on a hot day in south-central Texas?) Photo by Chris	5/7/02, 4:24 PM Denny, always personable, talks with some other passengers.	5/7/02, 6:27 PM A scene from the Tuesday night movie, "Serendipity," with the windows of the dining car reflected on the screen. Photo by Chris
5/7/02, 6:27 PM I watch the Tuesday night movie, "Serendipity." Photo by Chris	5/7/02, 6:27 PM Melissa watches the Tuesday night movie, "Serendipity." Photo by Chris	5/7/02, 6:43 PM A slightly confused Melissa smiles for the camera after I said, "Hey Melissa, turn around. No no, turn that way. No, that way." You see, the sun was really good for a picture, but it had to be from the proper angle, so... oh, nevermind.
5/7/02, 6:55 PM Chris watches the Tuesday night movie, "Serendipity."	5/7/02, 8:28 PM Jason briefly pauses from talking about coyotes to have his picture taken.	5/7/02, 10:02 PM I talk to some blonde guy in the sightseeing car on Tuesday night. Photo by Chris
5/7/02, 10:19 PM I talk to the blonde guy and a guy who used to work with ARPANET before it became the Internet. Photo by Chris	5/7/02, 10:37 PM Robert pauses from his "mixicologist" duties to pose for a photo.	5/8/02, 6:14 AM That would be me, sleeping (and cuddling with a barely visible Hugh Manatee) Photo by Chris
5/8/02, 6:19 AM Chris sits in his seat in coach. Actually, this is the seat just behind his, but he moved there Tuesday night so he and Melissa would each have a whole two seats to sleep on.	5/8/02, 6:29 AM Hugh Manatee looks out the window as we approach New Orleans.	5/8/02, 6:41 AM Chris takes a picture and Melissa looks up with anticipation as we approach New Orleans.
5/8/02, 6:56 AM Denny enjoys his morning coffee (perhaps a bit too much) on Wednesday morning. (Just kidding, Denny.)	5/8/02, 6:57 AM Melissa looks out the window as the train inches toward her home city. It took us about 90 minutes to cover the last 25 miles and actually get off the train.	5/8/02, 7:03 AM Michaela and Carlos sleepily take in the scene as we approach New Orleans.
5/8/02, 7:03 AM Tiffany, a.k.a. the girl with the hat, sleeps soundly Wednesday morning, apparently having fallen asleep while listening to her discman.	5/8/02, 7:04 AM Chris (the other Chris) smiles for the camera.	5/8/02, 7:09 AM The trio: me, Chris and Melissa.
5/8/02, 7:17 AM "Are we there yet?" Getting ever closer to New Orleans.	5/8/02, 7:45 AM Chris laughs after he snuck into the sleeper car and took a shower. (Plebians like us in coach aren't supposed to shower.)	5/8/02, 7:47 AM Hello, girl with hat. (aka Tiffany)
5/8/02, 8:02 AM Hugh Manatee and I are blinded by the flash.	5/8/02, 8:09 AM Robert teases the conductor about something (maybe the fact that we were 13 hours late?!)	5/8/02, 8:09 AM Robert points to the conductor and says, "This is the man."