Sound fx

Overheard last night by any haunts hanging around our compartment, and possibly by the neighboring berths:

Squeeeeeonnnnnk Squeeeeeonnnnnk(The sound of miniature Amtrak sinks when you try to modulate the initial water burst.)

click rattle rattle rattle click rattle rattle rattle(cabinet doors that don't quite shut.)

Jeff: "Why are we here?" Me: "We're on a train trip to Chicago. Then we'll take the Southwest Chief to Santa Fe." Jeff: "What's moving?" Me: "The train we're on. It's supposed to move."

Fwoooooooooooonk! Fwoooooooooooonk! There's probably a reason they toot the choo choo's horn every whipstitch. I'm sure there's a reason.

Me: "Can you please lie down?" Jeff: "What are we doing?" Me: "We're on a train to Chicago. Can you put your head here? No, here. On the pillow."

chumma chumma chumma chumma... (some stretches of track are noisier than others.)

SSSSHHHHHOOOOOOOOMMPH! (This means we just passed another train.)

Me: "Hi, yeah...this is the fifth time you've woken me up...woohoo. But hey...look, it's Toledo, Ohio." Jeff: "Whose kitchen is that?" Me: "That's not a kitchen, it's the train station office" Jeff: "But whose house is that?" Me: "It's not a house, it's an Amtrak station in Toledo." Jeff: "Why are we moving?" Me: "We're on a train."

At 5 a.m. I gave up and got us ready for 6:00 breakfast.