frugalist
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Mrs. Frugalist and I are planning to take an Alaska cruise in Summer 2011. We are planning to take Amtrak between our home near Sebring, FL and either Seattle, WA or Vancouver, BC. Bedrooms all the way thanks to AGR.
Which route would be best taken westbound, and which would be best taken eastbound? Right now everything is very flexible, including dates. My question at this point is how to get the most out of the beautiful scenery we'll be passing. One primary objective we want to keep focused on is to maximize our time on the train. Another is to take as many different routes as we can.
Right now the plan calls for one direction to include:
Silver Meteor to or from NYP
Lake Shore Limited to or from CHI
Southwest Chief to or from LAX
Coast Starlight to or from SEA/VAN.
To get a change in scenery, we'd like to plan a different route the other way:
Coast Starlight to or from SAC
California Zephyr to or from CHI
Capitol Limited to or from WAS
Silver Meteor to or from SBG.
Knowing the expertise here on this forum, I'm sure we'll get lots of great input. Thanks in advance for everyone's help.
Which route would be best taken westbound, and which would be best taken eastbound? Right now everything is very flexible, including dates. My question at this point is how to get the most out of the beautiful scenery we'll be passing. One primary objective we want to keep focused on is to maximize our time on the train. Another is to take as many different routes as we can.
Right now the plan calls for one direction to include:
Silver Meteor to or from NYP
Lake Shore Limited to or from CHI
Southwest Chief to or from LAX
Coast Starlight to or from SEA/VAN.
To get a change in scenery, we'd like to plan a different route the other way:
Coast Starlight to or from SAC
California Zephyr to or from CHI
Capitol Limited to or from WAS
Silver Meteor to or from SBG.
Knowing the expertise here on this forum, I'm sure we'll get lots of great input. Thanks in advance for everyone's help.