Long Amtrak Train Trip Starting 26 August!

[AZ_HighCountry]

Rough night. Near Elko, NV . 450 am Pacific Time. Reno , NV next major. Like several others, I slept on multiple seats combined in the Observation Car, but after only 90 minutes sleep, a loud gen z on phone for two hours kept us awake. He realized loud and tried to lower sound but not enough and I barely slept after that. Some bad planning and lacking some supplies impacting me on such a long trip. Still about 29 more hours to go before Seattle but the break at friends starting 9 hours later should help.

I spent several months of my life in Elko. Remind me to post a certain episode on Old Man's Corners.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Forgot to ask, why did you start out from South Carolina?

 

[Watandar]

Forgot to ask, why did you start out from South Carolina?

I believe he lives there, at a top secret location.

 

[Meengla]

Well I sneaked into the Sightseeing Car anyway. Donner Lake coming up! You know Donner Pass!

 

[Meengla]

I'm in Roseville CA. I'm dazed. 70 hours from NYC to here. Not counting the "break" of 3 hours in Chicago. I'm still going to take the Coastal Starlight tomorrow...20 hour to seattle.i may just fly home after that. Chickening out. We'll see.

 

[Watandar]

Did you see some great scenery along the way ?

 

[Meengla]

Did you see some great scenery along the way ?

Absolutely. The Zephyr was awesome!! And tomorrow Coastal Starlight very good.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

I believe he lives there, at a top secret location.

Why was I of the impression he was in some conservative part of Washington well away from the liberals?

 

[Meengla]

I'm not giving up yet. Will spend the night in an Airbnb in Seattle and the next day booked an Amtrak bus from Seattle to Canada. I'd have preferred the Cascade train to Vancouver but it's sold out. But hey: Amtrak is including the trip to Vancouver as one of the Rail Pass segments. I will still have five segments left after that. Nice! I think just a couple of days of rest will replenish me to venture out more. We'll see

 

[Starlord]

I'm in Roseville CA. I'm dazed. 70 hours from NYC to here. Not counting the "break" of 3 hours in Chicago. I'm still going to take the Coastal Starlight tomorrow...20 hour to seattle.i may just fly home after that. Chickening out. We'll see.

Get some 5 hour energy bottle, i hear from friends it works.

 

[Meengla]

My friends in Roseville CA just dropped me off at the Sacramento station. And I have an another change: still taking the Coastal Starlight to Seattle in a few hours..though looks delayed departure.. still staying at the Airbnb in Seattle tomorrow night but taking an Amtrak bus to Richmond BC the next day because some friends live nearby and want me to spend a night there before they take me to Vancouver the following day. After arriving in Vancouver... I have no plans yet!

 

[Master Chief]

My friends in Roseville CA just dropped me off at the Sacramento station. And I have an another change: still taking the Coastal Starlight to Seattle in a few hours..though looks delayed departure.. still staying at the Airbnb in Seattle tomorrow night but taking an Amtrak bus to Richmond BC the next day because some friends live nearby and want me to spend a night there before they take me to Vancouver the following day. After arriving in Vancouver... I have no plans yet!

Switching up the plans on the fly, virtually on a whim! This is indeed the proper way to do a countrywide tour. You're behaving like a graduate on a gap year.

 

[Falcon26]

Please post more pictures of your trip. Would love to see the scenery and the beauty of the route.

Best of luck on your trip. It’s a lifetime’s worth of memories.

 

[lightning f57]

Sounds like an adventure, pictures be nice for sure.