Guy in line at Colectivo made my day just now. We joked about "I'm gettin' back on the train."
He looked a bit older than me and very into bicycle commuting, which puts him into 5% of the patrons at this Monroe Street shop.
Turns out he literally is getting back on the train. (I assumed he was being euphamistic about resuming caffeine or something.) He is spending down the leftover days on his Amtrak USRail unlimited pass following a trip out west. It has three days on it so it sounds like he plans to take a run from Chicago down to New Orleans to grab a meal and just come back up here. Not taking the sleeper, either. That's some true backpacker vibe, especially for a 70 year old.
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