Day 2 - From Q's email

Day 2 on the road...

Had to bolt the door latch back on the drivers door after the bolts fell out yesterday ...

Good b-fast at cracker barrel

Stopped at tractor supply and bought bolts, I put some tools in a box to take and left a very important factor out of my calculations... All the useful junk in the bottom of the tool bag... I had to take fasteners off other parts of the truck to fix the door...

Good driving conditions, 398 miles today, circa 21 mpg....

No maintenance squawks, no leaks ...

We stopped for gas in Monticello Indiana and noticed a cool 0-4-0 tank (steam) engine at the corner. After driving onto the grass and getting a couple of pictures we decided to check out the train museum.

COOL. It was closed theoretically and we got to crawl all over the trains and engines.

Then we spoke to one of the volunteers there and he gave us a guided tour of all their stuff... F7, E8, 0-6-0 switcher, a beautiful 2-8-0 Baldwin they are restoring, I asked if I could look / climb in, sure, so we got to poke around in all the nooks and crannies....

SO cool. I will try and put the pictures up tonight after Carlane uses the computer.

Rgds Q

train museum url - http://www.mrym.org/