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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 06:00
- 🌙 19 °F
- Høyde: 5 240 ft
Forente staterDenver Union Station39°45’9” N 104°59’58” W
False Start
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 19 °F
The alarm went off at 6 which was mighty early. While Russell was in the shower, I checked the train status to discover it was almost 3 hours late. So we went back to sleep for a couple hours. CheckedLes mer
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 10:20
- ☀️ 32 °F
- Høyde: 5 240 ft
- Forente staterDenver Union Station39°45’9” N 104°59’58” W
True start
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 32 °F
We stayed in the oldest hotel in Denver, The Oxford Hotel. It was only a half a block from the train station.
We left our hotel at 10:20. The walk to the train station involved some logistics as weLes mer
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 11:45
- ☀️ 32 °F
- Høyde: 5 226 ft
- Forente staterDenver Union Station39°45’15” N 105°0’1” W
All aboard!
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 32 °F
We lost even more time so that we are now 3.5 hours late. But we are on our way!
I've got my train shoes on!
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 12:00
- ☀️ 32 °F
- Høyde: 7 877 ft
- Forente staterCoal Creek39°54’32” N 105°21’27” W
First lunch
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 32 °F
We both got the burger for lunch. It was pretty good but I forgot to take a picture.
After lunch, I discovered that I am missing my credit card. Did I leave it in the bar last night? I'll try callingLes mer
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 13:40
- ☀️ 32 °F
- Høyde: 9 173 ft
- Forente staterEast Portal39°54’13” N 105°38’8” W
Moffat tunnel
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 32 °F
Crossing the continental divide though a 6 mile tunnel. Everyone has to stay in whatever car they are in because they don't want to open exterior doors in the tunnel. I guess the air in the middleLes mer
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 14:05
- ☀️ 30 °F
- Høyde: 9 009 ft
- Forente staterBuck Creek39°53’27” N 105°45’56” W
First stop: Winter Park
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 30 °F
Russell took advantage of the stop to go outside and wipe down the windows. I took advantage of the cellular connection to lock down my lost credit card. The bar where I probably left it is not openLes mer
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 14:40
- ☀️ 28 °F
- Høyde: 7 963 ft
- Forente staterGranby-Grand County Airport40°4’59” N 105°55’36” W
Second stop: Granby
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 28 °F
We are running about 4 hours late and heading into a cell dead zone.
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 15:10
- ☀️ 25 °F
- Høyde: 7 346 ft
- Forente staterTroublesome Creek40°3’24” N 106°18’46” W
The rockies in snow
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 25 °F
We spoke to some people on the train who did this route last week in the eastbound direction and there was no snow then. We really lucked out on the big storm that just came through, but the westernLes mer
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 16:17
- ☀️ 25 °F
- Høyde: 7 398 ft
- Forente staterBeaver Dam Gulch40°1’42” N 106°27’18” W
More beautiful scenery
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 25 °F
Russell is up in the observation car making new friends, but I'm enjoying the view from our compartments.
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- søndag 1. desember 2019 17:00
- 🌙 23 °F
- Høyde: 6 430 ft
- Forente staterDell39°52’48” N 106°51’24” W
Stopped on a siding
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 23 °F
We have stopped on a siding to let the eastbound California Zephyr train pass us by.
It took 30 minutes of waiting for it to pass.
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 17:11
- 🌙 25 °F
- Høyde: 6 562 ft
- Forente staterDerby Junction39°51’12” N 106°55’36” W
Sunset came too early
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 25 °F
It's hard to make out the scenery and even harder to photograph it
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 17:53
- 🌙 25 °F
- Høyde: 6 237 ft
- Forente staterDead Horse Creek39°35’39” N 107°10’33” W
We have internet!
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 25 °F
This is good but it means I can also access the Amtrak website to find out we are now 4.5 hours late. Best case we may be able to make up 3.5 hours of that but that will still make our connectionLes mer
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 18:21
- 🌙 27 °F
- Høyde: 5 761 ft
- Forente staterGlenwood Springs39°32’53” N 107°19’25” W
Third stop Glenwood Springs
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 27 °F
Russell got a chance to do the windows on the other side. He even managed a swipe at the neighbor's windows.
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- Dag 2
- mandag 2. desember 2019 01:41 UTC
- 🌙 27 °F
- Høyde: 5 577 ft
- Forente staterNew Castle39°34’18” N 107°32’12” W
Pre-dinner refreshment
2. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 27 °F
I don't think the entire 2 cases will make it to California.
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 19:35
- 🌙 27 °F
- Høyde: 4 977 ft
- Forente staterUna39°22’12” N 108°8’48” W
Dinner
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 27 °F
Very Yummy!
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 20:06
- ⛅ 30 °F
- Høyde: 4 587 ft
- Forente staterGunnison River39°3’54” N 108°34’12” W
Fourth stop: Grand Junction
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 30 °F
No window washing at this stop, but we are having cake and wine.
Woohoo! We are only 4 hours late. We are making up time!
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 21:42
- ⛅ 32 °F
- Høyde: 4 911 ft
- Forente staterCrescent Junction38°56’30” N 109°49’34” W
Bedtime
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 32 °F
Our room attendant is making up the beds. Quiet time starts at 10.
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- Dag 1
- søndag 1. desember 2019 22:05
- 🌙 30 °F
- Høyde: 4 068 ft
- Forente staterGreen River Airport38°59’36” N 110°10’14” W
Fifth stop: Green River, UT
1. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 30 °F
Our first stop out of Colorado! We are still running about 4 hours late. I fully expect t sleep through the next few stops. Don't expect any more reports until we are in Nevada.
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- mandag 2. desember 2019 15:02 UTC
- ❄️ 28 °F
- Høyde: 5 059 ft
- Forente staterHumboldt River40°50’6” N 115°45’6” W
Elko, NV: first call for breakfast
2. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ❄️ 28 °F
I think I am going to have more sleep instead of pancakes.
We made up another 30 minutes in the night and are now only 3.5 hours late. We will miss our original connecting train from Emeryville toLes mer
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- mandag 2. desember 2019 07:37
- ☁️ 32 °F
- Høyde: 4 843 ft
- Forente staterTyrol40°38’24” N 116°9’54” W
Scary monster in my compartment!!
2. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F
Oh. Wait. That was a mirror. Never mind.
We are in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas.
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- mandag 2. desember 2019 08:00
- 🌧 34 °F
- Høyde: 4 413 ft
- Forente staterStone House (historical)40°50’6” N 117°11’2” W
Breakfast
2. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 34 °F
I clean up quite nicely if I do say so myself!
I went up to breakfast alone and met some nice people. Russell joined us for coffee.
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- mandag 2. desember 2019 09:26
- 🌧 34 °F
- Høyde: 4 341 ft
- Forente staterNixon Park40°58’6” N 117°43’60” W
Winnemucca, NV
2. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 34 °F
Long stop here to take on a bunch of passengers. Still haven't made up much time.
Next stop Reno and we head into the Sierras proper.
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- mandag 2. desember 2019 11:11
- ⛅ 36 °F
- Høyde: 3 999 ft
- Forente staterMassie39°35’6” N 118°59’47” W
High Plains Driftrr
2. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 36 °F
We are rolling across the plains of Nevada with foothills (mountains?) in the far distance.
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- mandag 2. desember 2019 11:26
- ⛅ 36 °F
- Høyde: 4 081 ft
- Forente staterArgo39°35’48” N 119°8’36” W
Now THESE are mountains!
2. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 36 °F
Not sure if they come out in the photo, but trust me. This time I see serious mountains.
K the train from Chicago to denver,boulde.r and was so thrilled an excited I stayed up all night . The next day when I saw the mountains from afar it looked to me like the edges of the world had been crimped up. By the time I got to boulder I felt like I had landed on the moon. What a fabulous time it has been.
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- mandag 2. desember 2019 12:16
- ⛅ 39 °F
- Høyde: 4 564 ft
- Forente staterReno39°31’42” N 119°48’42” W
Reno, NV
2. desember 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 39 °F
Evidently a crowd of people are coming on in Reno and the train will be "standing room only," which I guess means that people without assigned seats will be parking in the scenic car. Russell has beenLes mer
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