Grand Canyon Solo Tour: Train Robbery!

I was beginning to think the return ride would be much like yesterday's, but suddenly out the left window we spotted bandits on horses! The train slowed to a stop (rather accommodating of the engineer...) and we were boarded by two dirty varmints! Guns drawn, they threatened us passengers until we gave up folding money or pocket change, making their way smugly down the length of the train.


Just a bit too late the marshal made an appearance, asking if we'd been robbed. A chorus echoed, "YES!"

"I have good news," he proclaimed, "... I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance." Then he sauntered off after the bandits.

Gee, thanks, that's helpful.

(This was, of course, a mock train robbery... although we were warned whatever we handed over wouldn't be returned. Good thing I'm not fond of pocket change!)

Later, our train attendant Morgan entertained us with her life story. She started out as a blackjack dealer in Vegas, then one day realized she wasn't living how she wanted to, took off her apron, threw it on a roulette wheel, and walked out. When she got home and told her husband, he just shrugged and said, "Let's move to Arizona." They now live on 5 acres that cost $1000 in a log home they built themselves, right down to the electrical wiring.

Some people dream of living; others live their dream. Which are you?