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Our first day in the Rocky Mountian National park. We got an up close look at a moose. We are staying at a hotel on grand lake. The lake is the largest natural lake in Colorado and is at an altitude of 8,367 feet. We hiked today to Cascade falls, just over 8 miles. The…

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.

Well we have been stuck on the train about two hours from Portland in Rosevelt WA. Due to a broken track. We had our first night in a sleeper car last night. It was a lot better than slleping in a coach seat. We had a great time in Glacier Park. The Road to the…

We pulled in to Sacermento this morning around 5:30 am.  We found some breakfast and headed out for a walk.  We started at Old Town and walked a few miles along the river.  Then it was back on the train to Reno.  The view is getting better by the minute.  We are just about at…

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.

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…