Well we've made it to Cincinnati safely. The train station is the cutest thing I've ever seen! Its so old school. It is exactly the way my grandmother used to describe it! There are old telephone booths and many of the old fixtures are still in place! Absolutely amazing!

We arrived at the station and I ran in to get our tickets while Bree and Dad unloaded the luggage. No problem there, we had already purchased tickets so it was just a matter of picking them up. Easy as pie! I asked a question about luggage and the Amtrak representative informed me there was NO checked baggage at this station! WHAT! I don't even know what that means I thought. I am so nervous, and excited I didn't even let it phase me. I ran out to help bring the luggage in. When I cam back in , the Amtrak representative came over and explained what "NO checked baggage meant". I mean seriously I guess if I took it literally it would mean exactly that. Unfortunately, in my life, nothing seems to go that way. He explained that all my luggage would be on the train with me. I thought to myself, um yeah, I don't want it off the train! LOL! If I wasn't so tired I might have actually said that
out loud instead of just thinking it! I looked at him puzzled, so he began to explain further. You will be with your luggage. OK, I thought, still puzzled, I asked where my luggage would be. He said overhead. Hmmm, I turned and looked at my Dad and Bree and I'm sure both of them were waiting on me to say something. Really though what could I say? We have 6 suitcases, an overnight bag, a carry on luggage bag,backpack, and two pillows! LOL! Bree and I look like we are leaving for a trip that's going to last 30 days not 10! My Dad kept saying don't worry about it now just worry about it when u get to NYC. UM, NO! I looked at Bree and said start opening suitcases and condensing what we have! She hopped right on that! We did have plenty of room in all our suitcases but I had every intention of using the allotted 3 checked bags each. We are going to NYC! I'm coming back with more than I
came! We managed to empty one whole Suitcase into two others and we emptied one whole duffle bag of shoes into another and had to send some home with Dad! We did keep the duffle bag in one of the suitcases so we could use it on the way back if we needed to. If you know me, I'm very organized and can fit 10lbs of stuff in a 5lb bag. I didn't do that this time b/c I didn't want things wrinkled and wanted to leave room. Oh well! They are wrinkled now! No worries we are here and heading to NYC in a couple hours! Deep breaths! BTW-Bree is sleeping!