I am in Oregon, finally

 The train trip from Sacramento to Eugene, OR was uneventful.  The trip was about 12 or 13 hours, but it went pretty quickly.  I was so excited to see my family.  After all it has been 18 years since we have seen each other.  The closer we got to Eugene the more I started to recognize little towns (names) along the way.  We passed a town I thought I knew.  I looked out the window and a woman was in her yard and waving at the train.  I was sure she was waving just at me!  That little town turned out to be Oakridge.  The rest of the trip was spent calling everyone to tell them I was almost there.  I was so excited to see my family.  

We finally pulled into the station at Eugene.  I looked out the window but didn't see any of my family.  I went out to the platform to look for them.  A nice young many helped me get my heavy carry on out of the train.  I might still be there struggling with it if he hadn't helped.  Still no family!!  I walked along with the rest of the crowd wondering what happened to my family.  Finally I see a woman I think might be my niece.  We look at each other wondering if we have found the person we are looking for.  It was my beautiful Theresa (we haven't seen each other in many many years).  We hug and hug some more than start walking, she has no idea why the rest of our family is not there.  

We walk a bit further and I finally see my big sister Betty, husband Jim and daughter Tammy. They have signs they have made for me, but forgot to hold them up for me to read.  We are to busy hugging, laughing and crying.  The only person missing is Marge.  We have no idea where Marge is.  About 15 minutes later she pulls in, she got lost!!  

We all came back to Marg's house.  We talked and laughed and just enjoyed being together again.  After that we went to a Mexican restaurant and ate as much as we could hold.  It was a wonderful reunion.  

You would think that after such an eventful day we would have gone to bed at a reasonable time, but that is not in our DNA.  We talked until well into the night and didn't wake up until I believe around noon the next day.