{"id":1042,"date":"2016-07-25T11:32:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T18:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.annefocke.net\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2016-08-27T08:22:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T15:22:07","slug":"time-away-3-rolling-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.annefocke.net\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"Time away 3, a rolling retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmtrakMy ticket jacket expressed my ambition, even though I didn\u2019t actually notice\u00a0its message until a few days before leaving.<\/p>\n

\"Amtrak<\/p>\n

Too many years had passed since I\u2019d visited good friends and family in California. It was time to go \u2013 I missed them. When I realized the trip could also include four rolling days of time away to write and read and daydream, the decision was made.<\/p>\n

\"workingI splurged on my Amtrak ticket and got a “roomette” that comes with wide seats that make into a bed, a little table, meals, \u201croom service\u201d if desired, and a power outlet to keep\u00a0my \u201cdevices” charged. It’s\u00a0a quiet, private place with a constantly changing scene out the window.<\/p>\n

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\"Scittery\"Santa\"Sunset<\/p>\n

From Seattle, my first stop was Oakland, the Bay area station, one full day and night on the train. My second stop was the Los Angeles area, another full day farther down the tracks. My assigned room wasn\u2019t on the \u201cscenic\u201d west side of the train in either direction, though on the way down I talked my way into a spot on that side for the most classically beautiful stretch right along the California coast from Pismo Beach almost all the way into Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\"CalifThe train was full. I liked being able to move back and forth between my own quiet little cubbyhole and lively spaces shared with others \u2013 the \u201cparlour\u201d car, dining car, observation car.<\/p>\n

I spread out my papers and books and computer in my roomette or took my computer and a few papers to a table in the parlour car\u00a0or\u00a0propped my notebook on my knees in the observation car. I didn\u2019t write as much as I\u2019d fantasized I would, but that\u2019s almost always true of my \u201ctimes away.\u201d The reading and especially the daydreaming filled hours.<\/p>\n

\"working<\/p>\n

\"working<\/p>\n

I woke early on the last morning of my trip and intended to roll over for a few extra minutes of sleep, but thought I’d take a quick peak out the curtains first. And there\u00a0was\u00a0Mt. Shasta, high above us just before sunrise. Sleep vanished as an option.<\/p>\n

\"Mt<\/p>\n

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