We made it back to the Ranch - A-OK!

Dad figgered we otta check in - let everyone know the Motel Cheap! Beddy-Buggz didn't
manage to haul us away inna night! We kinda "slept in" --- we wuz TIURD!

Woke up this mornin (finallly) to TRAIN Horns ... Dad sed "Hmmmmm ... wanna go WATCH?"
Perfektly Honest ... da "thrill" of a kupple thousand Iron Horses poundin the rails
hard enuff your teeth rattle anna guy inside HONKIN doze HORNZ ta make ya DEAF ... We sed "Sure Dad ... lead us on!"

Sittin inna lil lot across frumma old Amtrak Station in Fostoria ... TWO westbounders
roared thru towne ... almost side-by-side onna NS tracks ... just as Miz Staci called!
We hadda jump back inna Bus to *yap* wiff her.

Lil later we got *Honked At* by da guy drivin a Herd 'o Cats (CSX painted Chessie da Cat
onna lotta their engines) as he was slowin down da herd for a "bad signal" that
was gonna make him stop his "hot" train. Gotta BIG *wave* out the cab window, too.

Hour later we wuz headed east towards home an heard onna scanner dat da "Hot Cat Train"
finally got past the bad signal in Fostoria and they were gonna try to give him "good signals"
while he ran east ... a lil *hint* to "notch 'em up and run QUICK" ...
We pulled over inna lil parkin lot beside the tracks to *watch* ...

Sure 'nuff ... horns inna distance - black smoke above the tracks ...
Here come da CATS ... High-Ballin east!
Dunno if he really reko-nized da two WIDE-Eyed Mutts inna back door window or not -
but we gotz a *Honkity*Honk* anna *wave* affore he passed us -
then anudder lil *honk*honk* after Dad give him a BIG *wave*.
Guess dat Cat Driver alluz "Honks fur Dawgs"!

We train-watched around Barberton; then headed fur a swimmin hole.
Couldn't find a dock to dive offa till it strated gettin *chillie*.

NOW we gotta un-pack da Bus an store away da leftovers ...
and find da Camera inna Bus.

Betcha Dad checks da Albums affore he does much else!


/s/ da Muttz