Monthly Archives: June 2022

JUNE 29, WEDNESDAY

ARRIVING IN BELLINGHAM I arrived in Everett after an all night and morning ride on the Empire Builder from East Glacier. I had no food with me this time so ate for supper what the Cafe Car could microwave: Mac

JUNE 29, WEDNESDAY

ARRIVING IN BELLINGHAM I arrived in Everett after an all night and morning ride on the Empire Builder from East Glacier. I had no food with me this time so ate for supper what the Cafe Car could microwave: Mac

JUNE 28, TUESDAY

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK More photographs of the Sun Tours ride around Glacier National Park.

JUNE 28, TUESDAY

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK More photographs of the Sun Tours ride around Glacier National Park.

JUNE 27, MONDAY

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK The first day in East Glacier with a view of the snowcapped Rockies out the window I stayed put in the rustic and old fashioned hundred year old hotel built by the railroad to house visitors to

JUNE 27, MONDAY

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK The first day in East Glacier with a view of the snowcapped Rockies out the window I stayed put in the rustic and old fashioned hundred year old hotel built by the railroad to house visitors to

JUNE 26, SUNDAY

TIME I feel as if I have been on the road for several weeks, certainly for a couple of weeks. My son Tom and granddaughter Hannah driving me down to Greenville to the Amtrak Crescent that didn’t get there until

JUNE 26, SUNDAY

TIME I feel as if I have been on the road for several weeks, certainly for a couple of weeks. My son Tom and granddaughter Hannah driving me down to Greenville to the Amtrak Crescent that didn’t get there until

JUNE 25, SATURDAY

NORTH DAKOTA Up until yesterday the view out the window seemed to be familiar. Even Wisconsin with its many lakes and evergreen tinted forests seemed familiar. But today I feel as if I am out West. I woke up in

JUNE 25, SATURDAY

NORTH DAKOTA Up until yesterday the view out the window seemed to be familiar. Even Wisconsin with its many lakes and evergreen tinted forests seemed familiar. But today I feel as if I am out West. I woke up in

JUNE 24, FRIDAY

AMTRAK 4 HOUR STOPOVER IN CHICAGO My first day in Washington I spent time in the National Portrait Gallery and on the second day in the National Gallery. They are each in very ornate buildings and are both free and

JUNE 24, FRIDAY

AMTRAK 4 HOUR STOPOVER IN CHICAGO My first day in Washington I spent time in the National Portrait Gallery and on the second day in the National Gallery. They are each in very ornate buildings and are both free and

JUNE 23, THURSDAY

HOME TO HALL HILL The Capitol Ltd left Washington at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 23rd. I was seated next to a Chinese guy who told me his name was Carlos, which he thought about briefly before telling me, a

JUNE 23, THURSDAY

HOME TO HALL HILL The Capitol Ltd left Washington at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 23rd. I was seated next to a Chinese guy who told me his name was Carlos, which he thought about briefly before telling me, a

JUNE 22, WEDNESDAY

SCANNING THE MENU Twice today I had looked at the menu and ordered my food by scanning a code and bringing up a menu and then ordering and paying with a credit card. The first time was for breakfast at

JUNE 22, WEDNESDAY

SCANNING THE MENU Twice today I had looked at the menu and ordered my food by scanning a code and bringing up a menu and then ordering and paying with a credit card. The first time was for breakfast at

JUNE 21, TUESDAY

WASHINGTON, DAY ONE I am sitting on the front porch of my Airbnb on Grant Avenue in Takoma Park Washington at a small table with my coffee on a heater beside me because the very pleasant room is too small

JUNE 21, TUESDAY

WASHINGTON, DAY ONE I am sitting on the front porch of my Airbnb on Grant Avenue in Takoma Park Washington at a small table with my coffee on a heater beside me because the very pleasant room is too small

JUNE 20, MONDAY

AMTRAK DAY ONE I bought the 30 day nine segment Amtrak Rail Pass almost on a whim. It would give me a low cost way to see America while sitting in a comfortable seat and looking out of a large

JUNE 20, MONDAY

AMTRAK DAY ONE I bought the 30 day nine segment Amtrak Rail Pass almost on a whim. It would give me a low cost way to see America while sitting in a comfortable seat and looking out of a large