Our train ride from Bellingham to Portland went pretty darn well considering the train was sold out and I ended up having to hold the poor girlie on my lap the whole 7 hours! She was remarkably good for a bored little girl forced to stay in my arms for that long. She watched a little bit of “The Cat in the Hat” on the t.v.’s they have in the cars, talked (very loudly) to the gentleman sitting next to us, and ate a bunch (while trying to still talk at the top of her lungs to the gentleman sitting next to us!). The noise of the train itself can be quite loud, so Lindsay realized she needed to be louder than it for the man to notice her. Here is this poor guy trying to read his book, and there’s my little Lindsay, talking at the top of her lungs, smiling wildly, and staring intently at him until he talked back. Quite the little flirt……suddenly I’m not looking forward to her teenage years. 
Oh, Heather!!! What a hoot! I can just see her doing that.
Glad the traveling went well.