notes from the Coast Starlight (day one)

6.28.11, 3:22pm
Dolphins cavorting in the surf. Eucalyptus groves. Sand dunes. Black cows grazing in the scrub. Fields and fields of spinach and strawberries and cabbages and potatoes. Kelp undulating along the shore. Cloud bank stretched like a hand reaching with open fingers to drag you down into the sea. Just some of the things one sees from the Coast Starlight.