11:30 am Friday: Climbing the Rockies
2022年4月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 41 °F
Denver was a mile high in elevation, but I never really felt like we had climbed from Chicago, since it was so gradual. Now we are gaining another 4,000 ft in a very short time. This feels like aもっと詳しく
12:30 pm Friday: Descending the Rockies
2022年4月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 32 °F
We crossed The Continental Divide and are now descending. It's much snowier on the western side of the Rockies. I have no idea if that's always the case but it seems to be true right now.
1 pm Friday: Lunch with strangers
2022年4月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 36 °F
This train is so much more full than any of the other ones I've been on. Every table is completely full at every meal in the dining car. Only sleeping car passengers can eat in the dining room rightもっと詳しく
2 pm Friday: Wow-worthy scenery
2022年4月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 43 °F
The scenery is so spectacular that even the clouds spell out "WOW.". The Colorado River traces its way through a canyon, and we are tracing our way along with it.
3 pm Friday: Stunning Scenery
2022年4月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F
The scenery was amazingly stunning as we follow the Colorado River. Unfortunately I just couldn't get great pictures so you'll have to trust me.
4 pm Friday: Strangers on a Train
2022年4月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F
I met these strangers on the train.
5 pm Friday: Pre-dinner libations
2022年4月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
Since we had two whiskeys we had to do side by side taste tests. Maybe we started a bit early.
7 pm Friday: Surf and Turf Dinner
2022年4月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
I decided My last dinner on the train should be the Amtrak standard.
6 am Saturday: Sunrise in Elko, NV
2022年4月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 32 °F
Woke up when we stopped in Elko and the sky was just turning pink.
Lost even more time during the night. Evidently we got stuck behind a slow freight train. So now we are running about 3 hours late.もっと詳しく
7 am Saturday: Last Shower on Train
2022年4月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 37 °F
I had to experience one more slip slidy shower. I took this picture out the lower door while I was waiting for it to free up.
8 am Saturday: Breakfast on the Plains
2022年4月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F
We are on the high plans of Nevada with the snow capped mountains in the distance. Quite picturesque but it looks cold outside.
I forgot to take a picture of breakfast, but I had exactly what I hadもっと詳しく
9 am Saturday: Winnemucca, NV
2022年4月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F
This is less a station and more a glorified bus stop. The platform is kind of short and our train is kind of long so we actually had to make two stops at this terminal. Fortunately the sleeper carsもっと詳しく
11:30 am Saturday: Following the Truckee
2022年4月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
We have picked up the Truckee River and we will follow this for quite a ways. At this end of the river it is pretty tiny, more like a large creek.
Occasionally we can see snow capped mountains inもっと詳しく
12:30 pm Saturday: Reno & Kids & Dogs
2022年4月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
The Reno platform is actually one story below street level. The waiting room at platform level is actually kind of charming considering it's basically in a basement.
Right before we hit the station,もっと詳しく
1 pm Saturday: Lunch by the Truckee
2022年4月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
I went whole hog and got bacon on my burger for my last lunch on the train.
1:30 pm Saturday: Donner Lake
2022年4月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
We went right by Donner Lake where the Donner party ate it, so to speak.
There was evidently a bald eagle nest in this area but even though the conductor was trying to point it out I never sawもっと詳しく
3 pm Saturday: American River Canyon
2022年4月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Amazing scenery. Truly amazing!
7 pm Saturday: Last Stop Emeryville
2022年4月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
We skirted the bay and finally arrived at Emeryville.














































旅行者Did Frances / Cliff join you in Denver?
Sarah McCabeyes they did!