Shortly the wife and I will be taking a vacation, and boy do we both need one. Sunday the 13th we're flying PDX-RNO, staying there three nights then taking an early flight on the 16rh to LAX and catching the Starlight back to Portland. I booked the flights early and got then cheap, the rooms are comped, and the bedroom on the Starlight is courtesy of AGR. If the dice are friendly, this could be a cheap trip!
I know the normal routing would be to take the Zephyr from RNO-SAC and connect with the CS there. Sorry, too long a layover and the northbound comes thru at something like 2 in the morning.
I was amazed that I got the wife - 30 years and she's still a keeper :wub: - to go along with the flight to LAX, but she's grown to like the train too and this gives us extra time on our favorite train. If we're lucky, thanks to the temporary later departure of the CS we can catch breakfast at Phillipe's. French dip for breakfast? Why not??
I do have one question, and please realize that I'm not trying to get over on anybody. Some time after I made the reservations, it was decided that it would be a nice thing if my daughter (who loves the train too!) came to visit us for a couple of days. She's in EUG, so I bought her a coach ticket on the CS on the 17th. What would be our chances of having her come back an visit with us in the sleeper? I plan to be up front and clear it with the SCA. She won't be sleeping, we probably won't be hanging out in the parlour (except to show off how the other half lives ), and if the train is delayed and if the three of us eat together in the diner, I will pay for her meal. Interestingly, Amtrak is getting paid more for her coach seat than for our bedroom. If worse comes to worse and they won't let us do this, it will be OK. She has a nice coach seat, and we can meet for a while in the lounge car . Of course, we all arrive in PDX together. My wife thinks it's a sure thing, I'm not so sure. Any ideas?
I know the normal routing would be to take the Zephyr from RNO-SAC and connect with the CS there. Sorry, too long a layover and the northbound comes thru at something like 2 in the morning.
I was amazed that I got the wife - 30 years and she's still a keeper :wub: - to go along with the flight to LAX, but she's grown to like the train too and this gives us extra time on our favorite train. If we're lucky, thanks to the temporary later departure of the CS we can catch breakfast at Phillipe's. French dip for breakfast? Why not??
I do have one question, and please realize that I'm not trying to get over on anybody. Some time after I made the reservations, it was decided that it would be a nice thing if my daughter (who loves the train too!) came to visit us for a couple of days. She's in EUG, so I bought her a coach ticket on the CS on the 17th. What would be our chances of having her come back an visit with us in the sleeper? I plan to be up front and clear it with the SCA. She won't be sleeping, we probably won't be hanging out in the parlour (except to show off how the other half lives ), and if the train is delayed and if the three of us eat together in the diner, I will pay for her meal. Interestingly, Amtrak is getting paid more for her coach seat than for our bedroom. If worse comes to worse and they won't let us do this, it will be OK. She has a nice coach seat, and we can meet for a while in the lounge car . Of course, we all arrive in PDX together. My wife thinks it's a sure thing, I'm not so sure. Any ideas?