Day 69 : Denver to Chicago - flooded plains
I wake up to the complete opposite of the day before - plains as far as the eye can see - all around, absolutely flat. But then we return to trees and distant hills. As the morning mist lifts we can see the effect of last nights downpour - the fields are flooded. In some places it looks more like the rice fields in Japan. In others it looks more like the mangrove swamps in Florida. The storm explains why the train was slow during the night and has been slow this morning - “flash flood alert”. The latest estimate is we will arrive four hours late. At the moment this is a drag but doesn’t give me a problem unless the delay runs to 6 hours in which case I miss my connection in Chicago. The penultimate connection and although some have been close I havn’t missed one yet. Come on Amtrak don’t let me down at this stage