So... I'm in West Virginia. If you find yourself asking why, it's because the Cass Scenic Railroad Railfan Weekend is this weekend, and I've wanted to go to it for years.

The drive down was pretty nice, for the most part.  We stopped over in Cumberland, MD to check out what was there and to eat dinner and whatnot...  Unfortunately when we got to the point in the trip when we started going up and over the mountains in WV on the roads that have dozens of switchbacks, it started raining...  A little nerve racking, but we made it in one piece.

So right now we're in Elkins, where we're going to ride an excursion train on the old Western Maryland.  That train leaves at 8:30 tomorrow morning and returns "around 3".  Should be fun.

After we get back from that trip, we drive the hour or so down to Cass to see the Shays.  We're there Saturday and Sunday, and leave Sunday afternoon to head back to NJ.

So...  This should be a good weekend, assuming the weather is ok...  The forecast right now isn't that great, but hopefully it'll get better.

Oh, and I should point out that while Internet access via cellphone is cool, but it's hella slow when you're on a 1xRTT connection (speeds top out around 14 Kbps).  Apparently the middle of nowhere West Virginia isn't high on Sprint's priority list for rolling out mobile broadband.