Last weekend Don and I packed up some old suitcases and headed for the Kingsland, TX. We didn't actually "travel" on the train at all, but spent the night in a Little Red Caboose, which is set up for overnight accommodations.  We brought along some curious old train books, some games and food.  We had drinks sitting up in the observation cupola and talked about all the interesting travels you can take by train.

I wish I could go back to the fifties and travel those stylish trains again!

Don and I recently had a little fun shopping for vinyl at The Goodwill Store.  I was pretty excited to find 2 Harry Belafonte albums, which are both from the 1950's.  "Jazz goes Dancing" seemed to be from the right era as well, but I'm not sure about Al Hirt, Lawrence Welk and the Western Campfire album.  But for 80 cents each, how could I pass them up.  Nothing like listening to some old tunes with the great scratching sounds! 

This 27 foot long Kozy Coach trailer was our home for one night.  It wasn't quite as luxurious or long as the "Long, Long Trailer" in the Lucy and Desi movie, but it was just as silly.  I made sure to pack an apron and pearls to help me feel at home. We listened to the radio and lounged on our porch and even took showers in the outdoor shower that reminded me of another fifties movie, "South Pacific".   Yay for trailers!

This was as good as I could do. I searched the frozen food aisle for something that resembled Swanson's first TV dinner, served in the little aluminum tray in 1953.  Hungry-Man brand was the only thing that came close, so I picked a Salisbury steak meal and a fried chicken meal. I am so lucky that I have a husband who humors me the way Ricky humored Lucy.  Don was a good sport with my idea of an entertaining, nostalgic dinner.  We waited patiently for our feast to cook in the REAL oven and then set our steaming meals down on makeshift TV trays to watch an episode of I Love Lucy. We had a few chuckles as we swallowed bites of whippy potatoes and rubbery meats.  It helped to have the distraction of the TV screen!

I feel like I should celebrate the theme of SPACE since I was born in 1957, the year of Sputnik.  I could take a trip to Houston's Space Center, but I've done that.  Instead, I enjoyed a cup of coffee in my current favorite mug purchased from an oddball diner in Arizona.  Then I watched a Sci-Fi movie from the decade when space themed movies ruled.  The 1956 film, World Without End is a doozie.   In this goofy low-budget film, Astronauts return from a voyage to Mars and get caught in a time warp where they end up in a post-Apocalyptic Earth, populated by mutants!  Good times!