2006 Amtrak vacation
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A group of articles from beginning with my childhood and ending up on a couple of AMTRAK trains.en-us2007-10-10T00:38:31-05:00Cincy to Boston and back
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Summary of a trip to Boston....john2007-10-10T00:38:31-05:00Another trip for 2007
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This is going to be a catch up. I’m planning a quick trip for 2007. I’ve sort of been thinking about it for two months and I should have started this back then but I didn’t, so, I’ll try to...john2007-08-05T15:39:48-05:00Long overdue summary
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I should have done this months ago. A summary of our trip, the good and the bad....john2006-12-06T22:59:35-05:00We're home but not without some additional adventure.
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We're home in Louisville now. The adventure continued, even after we arrived in Chicago. Amtrak was great compared to, well, you'll just have to read the rest of it....2006 tripjohn2006-07-22T12:15:56-05:00Still late, but some things are better.
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A mechanic boarded in St Paul. Things got better and rumors traveled through the train "faster than a speeding locomotive." (I borrowed that line from Superman.)...2006 tripjohn2006-07-20T22:03:56-05:00It gets worse.
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Besides being late, things are starting to break. Important things like the restrooms and the airconditioning....2006 tripjohn2006-07-20T17:37:50-05:00We make up time and then give it away.
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Nine hours late, then ten hours late. We make up a little here and there and we're nine hours late again. Then we get stuck waiting for another train and we loose all the time we had made up. The...2006 tripjohn2006-07-20T13:40:48-05:00I'll catch you tomorrow
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It’s 11:00PM and we should be just a little past Rugby, North Dakota. That’s about five hundred miles from Havre, Montana, and Havre is where we are right now. Every time we make up a few minutes it seems that...2006 tripjohn2006-07-19T11:45:03-05:00On the road again - finally.
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It was 1:45AM when we left Seattle, only nine hours late. It has it's good points....2006 tripjohn2006-07-19T11:21:04-05:00Stuck in Seattle
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We're trying to get out of here but the train's broke....2006 tripjohn2006-07-19T00:45:49-05:00Seattle. BRRRR!!
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Today we did Seattle. Gee was it cold!!! The high for the day was 68 degrees. Frances had a jacket but she was still cold. All I had was short sleeves. I bought her a sweater and I bought myself...2006 tripjohn2006-07-18T00:41:16-05:00Coast Starlight part II
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They sometimes refer to it as the "Coast Starlate" for a reason. Read on........2006 tripjohn2006-07-16T05:06:41-05:00San Francisco and beyond
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We toured a chilly San Francisco and got out of town....2006 tripjohn2006-07-15T05:02:19-05:00L.A. to Emeryville
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L.A. to Emeryville on the Coast Starlight has been the best part of the trip so far....2006 tripjohn2006-07-14T03:28:17-05:00Our LA day
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What a great nap I had last night. I had a little head ache last night after we walked around for awhile. I took a few aspirin, laid down, and the next thing I knew, it was 5:00AM. At least...2006 tripjohn2006-07-13T02:28:51-05:00