Welcome to Veronica’s #WritersDiary , Week 8

Well this week we had quite the trip (more next week), taking the Amtrak coastal train from Orange County up to San Francisco for a little #InspirationResearch (IR) for book 3. We travelled all day, getting into San Francisco just before the midnight hour. As you can expect, when a hubby and wife are in close quarters, travelling for seventeen hours, let’s just say sometimes the tracks get crossed… It’s Thursday, time for Dear Diary:

There’s something About a Train Trip…

Him: “You want to do what?” (eyes open wide, takes a longer than usual sip of wine)

Me: “Think of it as research. The characters are going on a train in book 3 and I want to make sure I get the details right.” (‘hello, writer here’ kind of look given)

Him: “The train will take us over fifteen hours to get to San Francisco…” (begins to see the end of this argument, starts to think of what he should start packing)

Me: “It’s a bucket list trip, once we do it that’s it. And I want to get one of those little roomette’s, so we can have our own private space. You can take a nap…” (Gives a ‘I’m the wife’ look, point of no return for hubbies)

Two hours later:

Him: “OK, I’ve booked the tickets, and yes we have a roomette. Booked the hotel, airline tickets back…” (pick and choose your battles, men. Pick and choose…)

Below is one clip of the view we had from the train, riding along the California coastline–tremendously beautiful (more pictures next week). Hubby agrees.