Toronto, July 3, 2018 Niagara Falls north to Toronto. I admit it, I was stunned at the size and beauty of this magnificent city! I had no idea. The Toronto Blue Jays were playing that night and I passed scores of fans making their way from the train station to the stadium. I won’t bore …
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“Bye Grandma! We’ll miss you!”
Leaving New York, after a short sweet visit with Erin, Chris, Jack, Molly and Ryan, Melissa and little Mac was a bit sad, tinged with so much happiness. I couldn’t get Erin’s first words out of my mind when I arrived a few days earlier in Port Jeff to visit. “I’m so excited to have …
Da Train, Da Train!
Woke in the middle of my last night in Richmond, hours before boarding my next rail car, to the distant whistle of a train skipping through town. Now that made me smile. The #94 north to New York from Richmond has just left the station, only an hour behind schedule And this time, for the …
A journey of eleven thousand five hundred miles begins with a single step.
When I purchased my Amtrak cross country trip weeks ago, back in May, I was told I could pick up the Rail Pass and boarding tickets at my first boarding, which would be in Lamy NM. OR, I could pick up them up at the San Francisco Transbay Transit (temporary) Terminal. A new (bigger and …
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I’ve been to Hollywood. I’ve been to Redwood.
But I’ve never been to Canada. A sweet aroma seeps in through my window with jasmine and honeysuckle blooming in the breeze. My next big adventure is just around the corner – plane, trains, buses and automobiles. I’ve got to fit a boat in there somewhere. I think I know where. West coast to east …
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