Saturday June 14th
SAM* Railroad
All Day Excursion!
(*) “SAM” = Savannah-Americus-Montgomery RR
We departed (and returned to) inside the Georgia Veterans State
Park,
which is actually the trains first stop just outside of Cordele.
If you’ve not been on a SAM train, you might imagine this to be a historical throw-back event. But we were on a “real train” with air conditioning, etc. Jean got our reservations for the premium “
Americus Car” with table and chair seating which made our Corvette Camaraderie even more jovial! And we left the driving to a “real” engineer! We urge that you go to the SAM website, (http://www.samshortline.com/ ), especially the “frequently asked questions” button, to learn more about what we did, etc. It was a great opportunity for kids and grandkids too! For more on the interesting history of this line and Georgia railroads in general, see http://www.samshortline.com/net/content/page.aspx?s=5414.0.0.
Twenty-plus members of CLCG had a Great time riding the HOG. Say What? See below:
In Air Conditioned Comfort:
Of Course – we ate:
And took in some sights:
And ate:
And rested:
We had all age groups:
We celebrated Bobby’s First Birthday this year with donuts (Thanks Mr. Ritzer!) instead of cake.
And took a break from the heat in a Plains, GA antique store.
And of course – we ate!
And we did more sightseeing.
Thank Jean for putting this all together!