DivMiler
Lead Service Attendant
I am planning to take a trip with my (will-be) 13-year-old daughter from the east coast to the west coast in June 2019. I’d like to include Seattle (SEA) and the Bay Area. I’m trying to decide on taking the train out, and then flying back, or flying out to the west coast and then taking the train back, as well as which route. We live in Harrisburg, but usually leave out of Baltimore (BAL). (Taking the Pennsylvanian west to Pittsburgh (PGH) to meet the Capitol Limited at midnight is brutal).
The Empire Builder is my dream trip, so I could do BAL-Chicago (CHI)-SEA (and then driving down the coast to the Bay Area), or going BAL-CHI-Emeryville (EMY) and then driving up to Seattle. (Or we could take the train in either direction, but I’d like to see some of the sights close up). I have a lot of points, so I’d probably use up most of them.
My daughter and I have done several sleeper trips, mostly the Capitol Limited in a roomette to and from CHI/Washington, DC (plus a trip on the Silver Meteor both ways to DisneyWorld). For such a long trip, out of CHI I would get a bedroom.
We would probably spend a couple of days in Chicago whenever we pass through.
This is not a “once-in-a-lifetime” trip, but will be the longest train trip either one of us has taken, so I would like it to be enjoyable. There may not be an obvious answer, but I thought I would ask.
The Empire Builder is my dream trip, so I could do BAL-Chicago (CHI)-SEA (and then driving down the coast to the Bay Area), or going BAL-CHI-Emeryville (EMY) and then driving up to Seattle. (Or we could take the train in either direction, but I’d like to see some of the sights close up). I have a lot of points, so I’d probably use up most of them.
My daughter and I have done several sleeper trips, mostly the Capitol Limited in a roomette to and from CHI/Washington, DC (plus a trip on the Silver Meteor both ways to DisneyWorld). For such a long trip, out of CHI I would get a bedroom.
We would probably spend a couple of days in Chicago whenever we pass through.
This is not a “once-in-a-lifetime” trip, but will be the longest train trip either one of us has taken, so I would like it to be enjoyable. There may not be an obvious answer, but I thought I would ask.