MONDAY 5TH MAY 2025 We went to bed in California and woke up in Arizona. My cold seemed to break overnight and in any case today was a lay day. All we had to do was eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, talk to whoever shared our table in the dining car, and watch the scenery … Continue reading Riding the Rails Los Angeles to San Antonio
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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 