I did not use the transfer since I was planning on Ubering. It was $15 for me to get to my friend's work with an Uber (equivalent with Lyft) and it was going to be $11 for the transfer to downtown + whatever it would cost me to Uber down to her place from there (probably another $10). Everyone...
I slept much better last night! We are nearly to Sacramento now so it's almost over, and I don't want it to be yet! The views today continued to be stunning. Breakfast to the sunrise in Nevada, lunch just past Colfax. Good dining companions again and good service again (I had the good one...
Thank you everyone for your sleep comments. I am hoping it goes the same for me tonight!
Today was amazing. We left Denver with strong snow flurries and headed up into the mountains. It kept snowing all the way to Winter Park/Fraser and the evergreen trees were just a picture perfect...
The first day was nice! The weirdest/most unexpected thing I saw from the train was a guy playing with a remote control car in a park next to the tracks. I had dinner with a nice couple from New Zealand and a nice guy from Texas. Before that, I sat in the observation car for sunset and enjoyed...
Thank you!! It is wonderful so far. We left exactly at 2pm. Our attendant is Michel-Antoine. My room neighbors are very friendly, from Sweden. I didn't have time to pick up the rubber lens hood (thanks for the tip!) but I have a plastic one that seems to be doing the trick so far for the...
Hi everyone, I am fulfilling a life-long bucket list item for myself this weekend! I'm taking the train from Chicago all the way to Emeryville, in a roomette on the California Zephyr. I'm flying to Chicago tomorrow very early in the morning from Cincinnati. I have scoured the forum for tips for...