Every three years the Episcopal Church gathers Bishops and elected Deputies from each diocese to discuss canons of the Church and vote on important policies and practices of the Church at General Convention. While only elected deputies and Bishops are allowed to vote,there are many aspects of General Convention that are open to everyone. There are also many other events that happen alongside of General Convention since there is already a large gathering of Episcopalians. I am attending the Young Adult Festival at General Convention for the second time. Participating in this festival allows young adults to network with one another, attend programming that is specially designed for our stage in life, and participate in many aspects of General Convention. This year's General Convention is in Indianapolis, Indiana. I have never been here before so I am very excited to get to see this city. Being in Indy has also allowed me to visit my friend Andy who is the Curate at the cathedral here.
The Young Adult Festival doesn't start until later this evening, but this trip has already been an adventure. I do not like to fly so I took the train to Indy, which is an epically long ride.
The first leg of the journey was a drive with Gini and Emily to Flagstaff which is about 3.5 hours from home.
Gini dropped me at the train station at 4am PST. The sun was rising as I got settled in my seat on the train.
After sleeping for a while I took this picture of the desert (somewhere in Arizona or New Mexico).
A few hours later I took this picture of rain clouds in Raton New Mexico just before entering a tunnel. When the train came out on the other side of the tunnel I was in Colorado.
I was very fortunate to not have anyone sitting next to me during the night, so I was able to get a pretty good night's rest. When I woke up the train had arrived in Kansas City, Missouri.
Many hours and time zones later I arrived at Chicago Union Station. I was so tired and hungry by the time that I got there that I forgot to take a picture. Oops! 36 hours after my journey began, I boarded my last train from Chicago to Indianapolis.
Just before the sun went down I saw this friendly water tower.Finally at 11:30pm EST I arrived in Indianapolis, a total of 43.5 hours after leaving Flagstaff. It was a crazy long trip, but I really enjoyed it. That's all for now, I'll post again after the festival starts.
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