The Oumas (o-mahs – Afrikaans for grandmas) went to the farmers market this morning for some tasty surprises. Andrew and Henriët were hanging with Jurgen so I took a 20 minutes walk into Riverside to go trackside. I caught a couple of Metra commuter trains; one traveling east from Chicago to Aurora; the second heading …
Let’s take a break for a moment from the sites on our road trip, and the trains I’ve seen to focus on why we headed to Chicago in the first place – our little grandson Jurgen – born to Henriët and Andrew. As most of you know, Henriët is from South Africa; she was very close …
We slept in a bit in Grand Island, Nebraska – our fifth day away from home. Carla saw the Stuhr Living History Museum on the way into town from the freeway. Since they don’t open until 9:00 AM and our day’s journey would be relatively short, we had the opportunity to get a bit of …
After doing some grocery shopping with Carla in the morning I took the afternoon off to hunt trains. There are two sets of tracks not far from Andrew and Henriët’s house. I headed northeast to the Berwyn Public Library where the parking lot is right next to the Canadian National tracks. I sat in the …