u/KilroyWagner69

There's even a Pikachu Crossing, I believe near Lakeview Gardens Station?

I got let out from class later than I was hoping, and this just had to be the one day I didn't pack a change of clothes. This meant I was left with a very short window to change at my hotel room and get to Sacramento Valley, and I already was 0 for 1 after missing the 6AM train last Saturday. This time, all those XP points I racked up doing the same sprints with NJ Transit paid off as I made it. I know the water bottle isn't a whole lot and I already have two 32 oz ones that I was carrying, but the fact that the conductor thought to give me the water bottle is pretty awesome nonetheless. Also, anything to hit a gallon a day, I suppose.

This was the first time I managed to catch an SC-42DM in the wild.

This is my first time in general being in California. Previously, I had only gone as far west as St. Louis. If it wasn't such a hassle to make weekend trips to Seattle or at the very least Portland, I would go there at some point while I'm here.

No, I am not making that up. The picture is living proof. I said in one of my previous posts and on a comment that I really couldn't stand having to rely on Newark Penn Station, and this trip was a big factor in why that came to be the case. I become Captain Obvious when I say that for trains operating out of or through New York Penn Station, the majority of the train will board at New York, which means once it gets to the inferior Penn Station 20 minutes away, you may be left with not great seats depending on your preference. In this egregious case, there wasn't a seat at all. It was even more annoying because of the fact that I had picked up my uniforms earlier that same morning after having alterations done on them, so I was carrying them around college and on the train, where I decided that for seating and keeping my uniforms nearby, this luggage rack was the next best option. It's always something new on the Northeast Corridor.