Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 3/3/03 Craig Zeni wrote: > >I barely recall going on to the SS United States in the mid 1960s >when my cousin was going on her honeymoon. But I do remember the >excitement and hustle bustle. > I vividly remember taking the SS UNITED STATES to and from Europe in 1957 with my parents. It was a huge trip for me. We took a train from Ohio to New York, spent a day there, then the departure with the streams of red white and blue ticker-tape....passing the Statue of Liberty...watching the continent sink to the stern. The only disappointment: I had read a book where the kids got to see the engine room and I wanted to see that but passengers couldn't see that. Probabbly because it was a hopping-big 1200 lb steam plant. (is that why I was a neutron-pusher in the Navy? never thought of that). It was a fabulous trip both ways, the North Atlantic was in good form and even my mom didn't get sea-sick. We have stereo-realist photos from the trip, all 'chromes, that are fun to revisit. Adam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html