Railroad picnic
Jun. 11th, 2011 11:10 pmWas a good day in spite of the gloomy skies. It didn't actually rain, but was a bit cool and we could have used a little more breeze to blow away the mosquitoes. Otherwise, I think everyone had a great time at the Illinois Railway Museum today, and thanks to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
casey382 for organizing it. We even did get around to riding a couple of trains. I particularly enjoyed visiting the railroad post office car and talking briefly with the old timers who actually worked in the mail service on the roads back in the 1960s.
Watched The Voyage of the Dawn Treader tonight and while some of the scenery and costumes were worthwhile as usual I found it disappointing that they felt they had to alter the story for no particular reason except to insert a lot of extra violence and muddy the original plot line. I give it no more than three out of five possible apples.
casey382 for organizing it. We even did get around to riding a couple of trains. I particularly enjoyed visiting the railroad post office car and talking briefly with the old timers who actually worked in the mail service on the roads back in the 1960s.Watched The Voyage of the Dawn Treader tonight and while some of the scenery and costumes were worthwhile as usual I found it disappointing that they felt they had to alter the story for no particular reason except to insert a lot of extra violence and muddy the original plot line. I give it no more than three out of five possible apples.
