The train
Time again to see my beloved Giants. Against the St. Louis Cardinals, the best team in the National League.
The weather in Palo Alto looked good for 10:15 a.m. Keys, wallet, shades... phone? Yep, and no extra baggage needed. I walked the two blocks to the train station.
As I approached the station, I could see that the southbound train was idling on the tracks. I read the headlines of the PA Daily news. As the minutes passed, the southbound train never moved. Then I noticed my northbound train was late.
I called my friend, Jeff, who was at the Redwood City train station. I told him the train was already 10 minutes late and by the sight of the idling southbound train, things didn't look good. A few minutes later I could see a lady talking across the tracks to the conductor of the southbound train. Then she walked past me and informed me that the conductor told her that the northbound train had hit someone at the California Avenue station. Then Jeff called me back and told me he had been informed at the Redwood City train station that all trains would be one hour late due to an "obstruction" on the tracks.
Seeing our pre-game party in San Francisco vanishing due to the delay, I walked down to 7-11 and grabbed two HUGE beers for us for the ride up. And unbeknownst to me, Jeff had the same idea and grabbed a six-pack of Bud Light at the Sequoia Station Safeway. Because of this, we actually had too much beer for the ride up. What were we to do?
The weather in Palo Alto looked good for 10:15 a.m. Keys, wallet, shades... phone? Yep, and no extra baggage needed. I walked the two blocks to the train station.
As I approached the station, I could see that the southbound train was idling on the tracks. I read the headlines of the PA Daily news. As the minutes passed, the southbound train never moved. Then I noticed my northbound train was late.
I called my friend, Jeff, who was at the Redwood City train station. I told him the train was already 10 minutes late and by the sight of the idling southbound train, things didn't look good. A few minutes later I could see a lady talking across the tracks to the conductor of the southbound train. Then she walked past me and informed me that the conductor told her that the northbound train had hit someone at the California Avenue station. Then Jeff called me back and told me he had been informed at the Redwood City train station that all trains would be one hour late due to an "obstruction" on the tracks.
Seeing our pre-game party in San Francisco vanishing due to the delay, I walked down to 7-11 and grabbed two HUGE beers for us for the ride up. And unbeknownst to me, Jeff had the same idea and grabbed a six-pack of Bud Light at the Sequoia Station Safeway. Because of this, we actually had too much beer for the ride up. What were we to do?
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