{"id":2251,"date":"2018-04-04T08:04:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minorcoursecorrection.com\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:37:17","slug":"t-minus-3-days-from-training-to-on-the-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/t-minus-3-days-from-training-to-on-the-train\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Minus 3 Days &#8211; From Training to On the Train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I successfully signed up for a permit, I hoped that I would be able to take the train instead of flying to San Diego. My wife and I took a train when we visited Egypt. Unfortunately, I was ill and I stayed in my room the whole trip. By taking the train I hope to mentally slow down. I need to turn up my patience. I need turn off the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jphikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2018-04-03-14.40.33-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The train is lovely. My room is tiny, but there is plenty of room for my gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spent some time in the observation car. It has been a long time since i sat looking out of the window of a moving vehicle. I&#8217;m always the driver. I relaxed. I read. I wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For dinner, I was seated at a table with a retired married couple from New Mexico and a film-maker from Wisconsin. We sat there talking for two hours. For once, I wasn&#8217;t doing all the talking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was dark by eight, so I converted my room to the sleeping configuration and called it a night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I successfully signed up for a permit, I hoped that I would be able to take the train instead of flying to San Diego. My wife and I took a train when we visited Egypt. Unfortunately, I was ill and I stayed in my room the whole trip. By taking the train I hope &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/t-minus-3-days-from-training-to-on-the-train\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">T-Minus 3 Days &#8211; From Training to On the Train<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2975,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions\/2975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}