{"id":9301,"date":"2018-04-15T15:05:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T21:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9301"},"modified":"2018-04-26T21:12:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T03:12:31","slug":"the-trip-to-salem-southern-colorado-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9301","title":{"rendered":"The Trip to Salem: Southern Colorado \u2014 Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 320px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-9301-1\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/la-junta-amtrak.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/la-junta-amtrak.mp4\">https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/la-junta-amtrak.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><em>The eastbound Southwest Chief, which originates in Los Angeles, rolls into La Junta, Colorado, at sunset.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\" UFICommentActorAndBody\"> <span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\">A near-miss in Chicago: the sleeping car attendant had lined up everyone&#8217;s bags on the platform, which is a dimly lit.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I found my carry-on bag, rolled it into Union Station, down the corridors to Amtrak&#8217;s Metropolitan Lounge, and lifted it onto a shelf in the storeroom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why does your bag have a Red Cap tag?&#8221; M. asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; I said, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t ask for that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was not my bag.<\/p>\n<p>I was just explaining the mix-up to the lounge superintendent when she spotted a man checking in at the door with . . . a silver carry-on bag.<\/p>\n<p>He had kindly brought it for me from the train. He thought it was his.<\/p>\n<p>All praise to Hermes for the quick save.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eastbound Southwest Chief, which originates in Los Angeles, rolls into La Junta, Colorado, at sunset. A near-miss in Chicago: the sleeping car attendant had lined up everyone&#8217;s bags on the platform, which is a dimly lit. I found my carry-on bag, rolled it into Union Station, down the corridors to Amtrak&#8217;s Metropolitan Lounge, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,325,13],"class_list":["post-9301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-colorado","tag-salem","tag-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-2q1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1072,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1072","url_meta":{"origin":9301,"position":0},"title":"Finding Relief from Political Advertising","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"October 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Colorado is considered an important swing state in this year's election (that's a first!), so lots of money is being poured into television advertising, both in the presidential race and in the race for retiring Senator Wayne Allard's seat.The other problem that our state laws make it almost too easy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Colorado\"","block_context":{"text":"Colorado","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=colorado"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9540,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9540","url_meta":{"origin":9301,"position":1},"title":"Salem Still Follows Us","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"May 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"My April 25th post said, \"The Southwest Follows Us to Salem & Salem Follows Us Home.\" That has not stopped. Yesterday I stepped into the Goodwill store in Pueblo, Colorado to buy some of their 99\u00a2 wineglasses for daily use. (Wineglasses break.) This shot glass caught my eye instead. Trade\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Massachusetts\"","block_context":{"text":"Massachusetts","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=massachusetts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/salem-shot-glass.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9291,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9291","url_meta":{"origin":9301,"position":2},"title":"Last Chance for Chiles","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"April 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturday the 14th \u2014\u00a0the last chance to eat some chile colorado before heading east for New England cooking. (Tres Margaritas, Pueblo.). But . . . today's Amtrak breakfast menu featured a quesadilla of sorts, making that the first time that I had been served green chiles on the train.","rel":"","context":"In \"Colorado\"","block_context":{"text":"Colorado","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=colorado"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/chile-colorado.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/chile-colorado.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/chile-colorado.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10019,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10019","url_meta":{"origin":9301,"position":3},"title":"Season of the Witch(crap), Part 2","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"December 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Season of the Witch(crap), Part 1\" here. Continuing . . . \u2022 One more \"high\" priestess joke, and you're out of here. From the Colorado Springs Independent, the weekly that gets all the cannabis advertising because the chain-owned daily paper won't touch it: \"Meet Colorado's High Priestess of Cannabis.\" Yes,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"American religion\"","block_context":{"text":"American religion","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=american-religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media1.fdncms.com\/csindy\/imager\/u\/blog\/14467973\/cannaculture.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media1.fdncms.com\/csindy\/imager\/u\/blog\/14467973\/cannaculture.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media1.fdncms.com\/csindy\/imager\/u\/blog\/14467973\/cannaculture.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=19","url_meta":{"origin":9301,"position":4},"title":"Southwest Chief","author":"Chas S. 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