On the Train From Chicago to San Francisco, the Woman in the Seat Next to Me Was Taking the Same Trip My Late Wife and I Planned for 30 Years and Never Took. She Was Doing It for the Same Reason
For thirty years, my wife and I talked about taking the California Zephyr. Fifty-one hours across America, through the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. We kept waiting for the right time. She died in February. In September, I bought one ticket. The woman in the seat beside me had bought one, too.
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