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
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
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 U.S. VACATION BEGINS
MONDAY and TUESDAY 28/29 APRIL 2025 Wedding duties done, our time in San Francisco was finished. I thought about donating my bridesmaid dress to Goodwill, but in the end I squished it into a little used part of my suitcase. It may come in handy for fancy dress nights. Well refreshed from an early night … Continue reading THE U.S. VACATION BEGINS
GWEN WILSON The Reluctant Retiree 