We are back on the train today. We leave from Portland and head to Sacremento overnight. We have a sleeper car which makes the trip much better. We change trains in Sacremento and head for Reno. This should be a very senic part of the trip as we go through the Donner pass.
We are at our refueling stop in Minot ND. We left Chicago in the early afternoon yesterday and we traveled due north twards Wisconsin. Unfortunately it got a little cloudy so the pics are not great(see gallery). Things got very interesting when we reached the Dells. This is a vacation area for people in this…
Another great day on the train. We are just entering Calorado. We are following the river and the sceenary has been spectacular. I will have a lot of new pics in the train section of the gallery later.
We are in South Lake Tahoe. A big change from the really small towns we have been staying in. They actually wanted $29 to park the car. We are only paaying $39 a day to rent the car. We had a great Mexican dinner last night that makes it worth while. We also have a…
Traveling via AMTRAK through 16 states in 16 days. 110 hrs and 5 nights on a train. Visiting some of the best parks in the world. We will be hiking and driving on the road to the sun. Hopefully we will have a few stories to tell you here along with a lot of great…
The views you get driving around this lake are incomparable. The one big problem is on the weekends people come from every direction. Every available spot along the road has a car parked on it. We took a short 2.4 mile hike around an alpine lake before we left for the train. right now we…
The weather and or the weatherman has not been our best friend the last two days. Yesterday the weather kept us from doing any hiking. Today we were able to visit Lake Junaluska again and take the 4 mile trail around the lake. The weatherman said it would rain all afternoon and at this point…