It was sad that our adventure was done on the 15th day but waking up after the final rough train night sleep I was beyond done with train travel (at least for now). Our train was due to arrive in Springfield at around 5:30 pm with no delays so we still had a long day… Continue reading Day 15
Day 14 wasn’t actually a terrible day surprisingly. Besides the awful night sleep on the train we had a layover in Chicago for a few hours that turned out to be a pretty good time. The train ride into Chicago wasn’t so eventful. The plugs in all the coach cars were out so you had to… Continue reading Day 14
Leaving Glenwood Springs on the 13th day was kind of sad because now we had nothing to look forward to, just three straight days of train travel, however I was kind of excited to skim through the Rocky Mountains and to see Denver. Plus I heard that the ride through Colorado was lovely. The Glenwood… Continue reading Day 13
The full day in Glenwood Springs was our 12th day of the journey. We slept in a little late and ended up missing the free breakfast that the hotel gives so we ended up just watching cartoons for a couple hours before embarking on our excursion through town. After all it was a small town… Continue reading Day 12
Day 11 was the arrival at the last of our stops we were staying a long time at. For some reason I was nervous about getting into Glenwood Springs. I was scared it was going to be such a small town that we would be bored after the first half day there sort of like Flagstaff.… Continue reading Day 11
Day 10 was a full day and night of traveling into the wild land of Colorado on the California Zephyr. I was not so excited about having to sleep on the train again, but what could you do. As we left Emeryville we traveled through an eclectic array of scenery, ranging from the palm tree… Continue reading Day 10
On day 9 I ended up walking the most I’ve walked in a long time; nearly 18,000 steps! Just a little suggestion but San Francisco is a driving city, not a walking one. It was a very confusing day. First off we knew we had to take the free Emeryville shuttle, the Emery-go-Around to the… Continue reading Day 9
Day 8 of the trip was one of my favorites despite us being on the train basically the entire day. We woke up to a beautiful sunrise over California with palm trees in sight. We quickly got to the Los Angeles station almost a half hour early. We only had to wait in the station… Continue reading Day 8
On the 7th day of our journey it was slightly a rough day. We had to check out of the Rodeway at 11 am but our train didn’t leave until 10pm. Luckily the Flagstaff Amtrak station allows people to leave their luggage for a fee. We had three bags each and it was $4 a bag,… Continue reading Day 7
On the 6th day of our journey we visited the Grand Canyon and it was the best day of the trip thus far. We booked a tour through Viator.com (I inserted the link to it, just click the Viator.com to go to it) which had tons of 5 star reviews so I had high hopes for it. They… Continue reading Day 6
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