A Taste of Home

So we had our first safe water scare on the train. The water they brought us was in bottles, but when Jeni went to twist her cap off, the entire cap came off without tearing the “protective seal.” We both looked at each other with wide eyes. We read that to save a buck, some establishments will put filtered tap water in used water bottles and self seal them. After consulting our train companions, they recommended drinking the water we had brought with us. However, all we had left was two-thirds of one liter. Yikes.

We busted out our kill-all-yucky-stuff tablets from the Wilderness Exchange in Berkeley and plopped them into our bottles. The only problem is that it takes four hours for the pills to take effect. Come morning, we washed down our breakfasts with what was the first distinct taste of home…Swimming pool water. It wasn’t as bad as I thought though, not much different from tap water.

Cheers, Jeeni