Westbound California Zephyr

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Sarah McCabe Westbound California Zephyr
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- 1 dec. 2019 06:00
- 🌙 19 °F
- Hoogte: 5.240 ft
- Verenigde Staten Colorado Denver County Westside Neighborhood Denver Union Station 39.75241, -104.9995639°45’9” N 104°59’58” W
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False Start
1 december 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 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. Checked the status and then back to sleep for another hour.Meer informatie
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Sweet! Rhonda
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Wonderful
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Sarah McCabe Westbound California Zephyr
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- 1 dec. 2019 10:20
- ☀️ 32 °F
- Hoogte: 5.240 ft
- Verenigde Staten Colorado Denver County Westside Neighborhood Denver Union Station 39.75241, -104.9995839°45’9” N 104°59’58” W
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True start
1 december 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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 we were carrying 2 cases of wine, in addition to our luggage. This was actually less wine than we brought out, so that's a net win!Meer informatie
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Very cool lynn
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Sarah McCabe Westbound California Zephyr
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- 1 dec. 2019 11:45
- ☀️ 32 °F
- Hoogte: 5.226 ft
- Verenigde Staten Colorado Denver County Westside Neighborhood Denver Union Station 39.75417, -105.0002639°45’15” N 105°0’1” W
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All aboard!
1 december 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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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You have more train shoes? Pretty!
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Gotta love those train shoes
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- 1 dec. 2019 12:00
- ☀️ 32 °F
- Hoogte: 7.877 ft
- Verenigde Staten Colorado Boulder County Coal Creek 39.90887, -105.3574339°54’32” N 105°21’27” W
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First lunch
1 december 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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 calling at the next stop.Meer informatie
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- 1 dec. 2019 13:40
- ☀️ 32 °F
- Hoogte: 9.173 ft
- Verenigde Staten Colorado Gilpin County East Portal 39.90359, -105.6354239°54’13” N 105°38’8” W
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Moffat tunnel
1 december 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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 middle gets pretty stagnant with diesel fumes and coal dust.Meer informatie
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- 1 dec. 2019 14:05
- ☀️ 30 °F
- Hoogte: 9.009 ft
- Verenigde Staten Colorado Grand County Winter Park Buck Creek 39.89076, -105.765639°53’27” N 105°45’56” W
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First stop: Winter Park
1 december 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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 open yet so I'll try to call them later.Meer informatie
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Bummer re cc! --YY
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- 1 dec. 2019 14:40
- ☀️ 28 °F
- Hoogte: 7.963 ft
- Verenigde Staten Colorado Grand County Granby Granby-Grand County Airport 40.08316, -105.9267940°4’59” N 105°55’36” W
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Second stop: Granby
1 december 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 28 °F
We are running about 4 hours late and heading into a cell dead zone.
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Now this is the perfect way to see snow. Lynn
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- 1 dec. 2019 15:10
- ☀️ 25 °F
- Hoogte: 7.346 ft
- Verenigde Staten Colorado Grand County Troublesome Troublesome Creek 40.0568, -106.3128740°3’24” N 106°18’46” W
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The rockies in snow
1 december 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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 western side of the continental divide is much less snowy.Meer informatie
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That sounds like a great trip! Lynn
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- 1 dec. 2019 16:17
- ☀️ 25 °F
- Hoogte: 7.398 ft
- Verenigde Staten Colorado Grand County Kremmling Beaver Dam Gulch 40.02833, -106.45540°1’42” N 106°27’18” W
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More beautiful scenery
1 december 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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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Gorgeous! --YY
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- 1 dec. 2019 17:00
- 🌙 23 °F
- Hoogte: 6.430 ft
- Verenigde Staten Colorado Eagle County Dell 39.88, -106.8566739°52’48” N 106°51’24” W
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Stopped on a siding
1 december 2019, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 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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