To Market to Market, I cooked up the pig

Home again, home again, jiggity jig.

Have I mentioned that I love a good hot shower?
It's good to be home. The first bottle of maple syrup has been delivered. With luck (and consciousness) I will get some pictures up sometime tonight so you can see the mayhem that was wrought across our fine country. Thanks to everyone for putting up with the strange typos and bouncy spelling. I blame the palm device and the train motion. The high points of the ride home were captured in the previous posts, though we never did see anyone provide the traditional river raft greeting to the train. Bum-er (he he). Little rain coming into Colorado but nice weather the rest of the way home. I really do prefer dry heat if I have to have extra heat. As we crossed the Utah desert headed for Provo, and again through the Nevada basin, I wondered to myself how many of our early settlers questioned their choices and asked themselves "we paid how much for that freaking map?" Just imagine wasteland and mountain ranges over and over wondering when, if ever, they will end. Thank god I was on the train! Considering all the stations we were late into, we actually arrived in Sacramento almost 40 minutes early. Amazing!
Would I do it again?
Take the train? Yes, I have a good idea of the little things to take to ensure my comfort if I travel in coach. If I travel with someone else, I will consider the sleeper car. When you add the cost of meals and a hotel each night, I think it is about comparable.
Trip to Canada? Yes, although if I travel for re-enacting, I think my best option is to drive and bring the items I know I will need. It's difficult to coordinate long distance for the needs of tasks requested. Not impossible, just difficult. Things could have gone either way with the feast I was asked to do. Luck was on my side along with some great helpers. Had it been the originally planned event, things might have turned out not so well.
Take buses by myself? Yes, though I still can't read a bus schedule. I just asked the driver of every bus that comes up if they go where I need.

So, I'll work on the pictures and if anyone has questions I will try to answer.

There was a question about Canada Tire Bucks and yes I did get some, but Nessie grabbed them and said "We don't use these" and stuffed them in the donation tub.

Solar shower would have been good on Sunday when it was sunny. I took a shower Saturday in the rain. It just wasn't hot.

Note:
Canada is pushing the recycle and they charge a nickle for bags at the stores. You can buy wonderful canvas shopping bags as well as poly plastic styles for one to three bucks each. I think I paid 99 cents for the Sobeys grocery store canvas bags.
If they would just get some decent iced tea.