Mooning of Amtrak

Yesterday morning I made my way up to Orange County to check out a trailer for my project and on the way back decided to stop by Laguna Niguel. On Friday I was shown the website for the 27th Annual Mooning of Amtrak that takes place near a saloon. I stopped in for a couple hours and witnessed quite the wide array of people all ready and willing to show their dairy aires to the coaster. It turns out to be more of a biker rally than anything else, but entirely interesting.

How it started

To best answer the story of the birth of the Mooning tradition, refer to the Sunday July 11, 1999 edition of The Orange County (California) Register newspaper, and the article headlined as, "Full moon over Amtrak keeps Laguna Niguel tradition alive", as follows: Twenty years ago (1979), at The Mugs Away Saloon, a K.T.Smith told his buddies he'd buy a drink for all who would run outside to the rail road tracks and "moon" the next train, which many did. The mooning tradition has prevailed, but there is no longer a volunteer to buy free drinks for thousands of "Mooners".
Many many thanks to: The City Council of Laguna Niguel, The Sheriff of Orange County, OCRRA (owners of the rail right-of-way), Metrolink Rail Agency and of course, our beloved AMTRAK, for their tolerance and contemporary open-mindedness.