The Stakes Are High! Who Will Win?

Brain cancer is...

Update:  Added after dinner.

...honing in on home.

Click here for the slideshow, terminating in SLO, as it did eight days ago, northbound.

We spent the day in California, traveling southbound.

The best story of the day? Shout out to community seating! It was so tempting to judge the 70+  retired couple at lunch based solely on appearances. Community seating gave us a reason to, instead listen for the story. (No photo for reasons that become quickly obvious.)

By dessert we learned that one of the partners is a smuggler, sneaking personal-use alcohol onto cruise ships.  His methods include duct taping plastic bags of bubble-free alcohol onto his person. Shout out to listening for the story!

Today’s  stakes are high because Darrell and I have a bet, the standard Guillaume high-stakes bet: one dollar.  I say that our train will pull into LA Union Station early. Darrell says it will not.

So, if you are having a slow Wednesday, you have that to look forward to.  And also you have the mental images of the beauty of the  California coastline between SLO and SB.

Update:

Making mental images real.

On second thought, focus on the mental coastline images.  You know I’ve got this bet.

Update:

Betting is all about the bragging, right?  Until everything goes wrong? So far Darrell is a poor, poor man.

Now This:  One final update:  Car Attendant Robin just gave Darrell a bottle of wine, on behalf of Crew 5.  Because he is so awesome. 

Whatever.  What's important is...Robin says we'll come into LA early.  Mmm hmmm. 

(Just kidding.  You know I appreciate how Team D grows daily with so much love.  And I agree that Darrell is awesome.  Especially when he's wrong.)

It’s been an unexpected, great trip. Here’s hoping your week has been awesome too.