Flutterby™! : when the levee breaks

Argh. Going down this weekend to catch up with Charlene who's visiting family in Fresno. Taking Amtrak. So not only do I have the usual issues with the Amtrak site (I would consider a large revamp by the Adaptive Path folks taxpayer money well spent), but it seemed like every time I asked for a schedule I was getting a different set of available trains, or the train I was trying to book on was suddenly sold out and it was suggesting one that was one that it'd previously told me was unavailable...

So I finally called 1-800-USA-RAIL and waited on hold for an agent. Apparently it's pretty hard to be goin' to California when the levee breaks.