Olfactory Memories

As usual, I was waiting at the 16th street station to ride to work. It was a cool and overcast morning. The smell of chorizo, eggs and potatoes was floating around us from the delicious 16th Street Grill. The combo of the coastal morning and the smells of homemade breakfast transported me right back to camping at Dillon's Beach with my parents. I loved those cold, damp mornings warming up by the campfire while Dad made chorizo with eggs and potatoes.

With all the olfactory distraction, I got on the wrong train; a Meadowview train that was running late. Luckily I was back on track after taking a detour at the Broadway station. I didn't mind, it gave me more time to be out in the 'coastal' morning.

LIght Rail Miracle!

The miracle occurred after work last week. I was waiting to catch the light rail from Mather Field to 16th street.

Normally when people are late to the Mather Mills station, they have to run across both sets of tracks to catch the downtown train. Normally the downtown train driver just creeps slowly by blocking the latecomers with the long train.

Today was not a normal day! The downtown bound train driver actually stopped the train to allow these people to get to the other side of the tracks. He also waited until everyone boarded. He noticed that an older woman was not able to get to the other sides of the track to board his train, so he opened the doors on the wrong side to let her in!!!

Miracles do happen on Light Rail! Yay!