FRIDAY 2ND MAY 2025 Looking back, the Los Angeles Hyatt Andaz Hotel in West Hollywood will prove the most luxurious of the next four stays up to Washington DC, where we are as I write this. The hotel was built in 1963 by Gene Autrey - the Singing Cowboy - and has retained a rock … Continue reading Our introductory day in Los Angeles, California
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
Eugene OR to Los Angeles CA on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight Train
THURSDAY 1ST MAY 2025 One would imagine that sleeping to the background noise of a train's horn and clanging of road gate barriers would be impossible, but that did not bother us at all. That, and the rocking, is part of the joy of train travel. Plus I was running a low temperature so was … Continue reading Eugene OR to Los Angeles CA on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight Train
All Aboard the Amtrak Coast Starlight
WEDNESDAY 30TH APRIL 2025 What I'd hoped was a scratchy throat from too much talking now presented as the beginning of a chest cold. Help was available through Lavinia's ministrations of Echinacea and Vitamin C. She sent me off with further supplies of the echinacea. This may have accounted for my subsequent quick recovery. Silkie … Continue reading All Aboard the Amtrak Coast Starlight
The Reluctant Retiree 