Day 30:
Well, this is it. I now board the train to head home. Yes, Travis (and Eva Lynn) woke up to say goodbye at 6am, and Trav helped me carry my stuff to the car. I punched the address into the GPS and headed for Denver. One little problem, the address I had was for the train station, not for the Hertz place. When I arrived at the station at 7am, I started searching through all my Hertz documentation for an address. There wasn't one. Did I panic? No. I prayed. Then, in the crack between the seats, I saw a map of the Denver area that they gave me. On that map, all the Hertz places in the area were marked. The place I needed was marked with a #2, and on the right hand side, there was an address. I punched that in, and arrived at the correct location a few minutes later...just in time. The shuttle was ready to leave, but they held it for me. Thank you Lord.
I got on the train and watched Denver fade in the distance as we climbed the mountain. Here, I had my first problem with a lack of trust. There were 2 issues before me. First, we were headed for Moffit Tunnel, a 6.3 mile long tunnel through the mountains. I have suffered from claustophobia for most of my life (I got locked in a closet as a kid). As I got a little nervous, I prayed and let it go. I knew everything would be fine, and it was. No problem, it didn't bother me at all. If I had thought about it, I would have realized that I was over it because the "roomette" on all the trains is not very big, and when you close the door and curtains, it's like being in a closet. This hadn't bothered me at all.
The 2nd thing, I didn't let go of. (I know that isn't proper english structure, just so you know). Beyond the tunnel is a town called Winter Park. It is also beautiful like the one in Florida, but in a different way. Winter Park is at an elevation of almost 10,000 ft. Now remember, I got kind of sick at 5,000 ft, so I got nervous. I prayed, but I didn't let it go. Guess what happened? A freight train in front of us derailed and we couldn't get through. They said we had to turn around and head back to Denver. The problem is, there was a problem behind us also, so we had to wait.
I don't believe that God said, ' okay, since you didn't trust me, I'm going to teach you a lesson'. My God doesn't work that way. I do believe he may have said, ' my silly child, you don't know what I'm capable of, or what you are capable of...let me show you'. This is what I consider to be a demonstration of his sense of humor. We had to sit at the top of the mountain for 6 more hours. I was fine. My headache did come back after a while, but it wasn't that bad. God took what was a bad situation for most of the people on the train, and used to my benefit.
By the time we got back to Denver, it was 8pm. That's 12 hours after we first left. There, they put us on busses, and took us to Glenwood Springs to get back on the train. We arrived there at midnight, so that ends day 30.
I added this picture of Kelly from yesterday. The rest of the pics are from the train during our hours on the mountain.
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