Two weeks from today I will be on the Ferry heading to Skagway. A lot of necessary supplies have been purchased, but it still doesn't feel quite real yet.
Thursday afternoon I was standing in the middle of the new wye leading into a new yard and shop facility for the ET&WNC Railroad in Hampton. Standing there looking around at new track being laid on a fresh grade, and looking behind me to see the new shops facility being erected. Knowing exactly what all of this looked like ten years ago when all of this was just an idea. I reflected on everything that has developed over the last several years. All of the hard work, literal blood, sweat, and tears.
I Sit here and ponder that this has got to be a "God thing". There is simply no other explanation for all of this. I know I will be missing home, missing my friends, my family, and the little railroad through the gorge. However I also have the full knowledge that I will be returning to Doe River Gorge this fall, and be helping further with the rebirth of this narrow mountain railroad. Taking children and families on exciting new adventures. While also teaching them about life's greatest adventure, I cannot imagine anything on this planet that would be more fulfilling.
So here I sit with two more weeks to go until I leave for the wilds of Alaska, with everything seeming to come together in Miraculous fashion.
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