Off to Puerto Rico

The North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFIC) is in San Juan, Puerto Rico and we are going! We will be part of the crew running the "Con Suite." The Con Suite is a hospitality room for convention goers, where they can sit, snack and chat for hours on end while they wait for the next panel discussion, movie, lecture or event they want to attend.

We left from Austin-Bergstrom airport, changed airplanes at Fort Lauderdale and headed for San Juan. We got to San Juan late in the evening and there were no rental cars available at the airport! Taxis are inexpensive, however. We took a taxi to our hotel.

There was nothing worth photographing today. An airport is an airport is an airport. The food prices at the airports are outrageous! They expect you to pay $10 for a prepackaged sandwich that you can buy at 7-11 for much less. Subway Sandwich Shops make a much better sandwich - their foot-long is only $5-$9!

The convention does not start for a few days, yet. 'Til then, we will do the tourist thing.

It's Time to Leave on Vacation

We headed to our nearest Amtrak station to catch the Texas Eagle. We stopped at the home of our part-time ranch hand and my wife's best friend, to pick her up. We also stopped at Subway to grab one of their "foot-long" sandwiches for us to split.

When we got to the station, we said our good-byes and my wife's best friend drove away in our truck. She would be keeping it for us while we were in California.

The train arrived only a few minutes late.

Unfortunately, because we could not reserve a roomette on the Texas Eagle, we were riding in coach until we reached San Antonio. There, we would transfer to the Sunset Limited and have a roomette for the rest of the journey to California.

Since my wife was not feeling well, riding in coach was not very pleasant. Although the seats are wide and very comfortable, she could not adjust her seat to be able to lay down, stretch out and go to sleep.