TUESDAY 6TH MAY 2025 Our Amtrak train attendant woke us about half an hour before our San Antonio arrival. Bill and I had slept together on the bottom bunk of our bedroom compartment. Although snug, it's roomy enough for two, but, as usual when having an early call on your mind, it had been hard … Continue reading A Day in San Antonio: Riverwalk Adventures
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Riding the Rails Los Angeles to San Antonio
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
Amtrak Adventure: Riding Through Texas to Louisiana
FRIDAY 9TH MAY 2025 I'm publishing this post a year after it was actually written, as we were preparing to leave San Antonio for New Orleans, our next stop on our USA adventure. As is the way of early departures, we both had a restless night, waiting for that 4.30am alarm. We'd book a Lyft … Continue reading Amtrak Adventure: Riding Through Texas to Louisiana
GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree 