Tag: amtrak
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Across the Great Divide
This essay will probably be disjointed because it’s about my third year taking the cross-country railroad trip from San Diego to LibertyCon in Chattanooga. It will be disjointed because I’m trying to hurry to finish my second book, hopefully before Son of SilverCon in Vegas in mid-July, so I have little time to make it…
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The (Rail)Road Home
Last (I promise) installment about my June cross-continent trip. Next onto Vegas and InvisiCon (aka Son of Silvercon). Once I was in Atlanta, the trip home would be straightforward if not exactly straight geographically, and I was soon at the Amtrak station to head for the Big Easy and the Hostel Auberge where I had…
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Sweet Home, Chattanooga
Chattanooga seemed like a very nice town with a “bigger than a small town” but not a “too big for its britches” place, so I had arranged to arrive a day early to explore a little bit. I had nabbed a tourist magazine from the lobby of the Marriott last year and planned on checking…
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On the Way to Choo Choo Less Chattanooga
My second cross-country rail trip was again spurred by the goal of attending Liberty Con in Chattanooga. I had been to D.C. last year and contemplated what I wanted to do for my side-trip this year. First I planned an extra day in Chattanooga since I didn’t get to do any sight-seeing last year. I…
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Riding the Rails II: The Trip Home
Now for the rest of the story. I talked about boarding the train from DC to Atlanta, and it was a shorter, but nonetheless overnight trip. West of the Mississippi, the views from the train (outside the cities) were quite interesting. On the east of the Mississippi, however 90% of the tracks were bordered by…
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Riding the Rails
This last summer I wanted to go to Liberty-Con in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I haven’t flown in many years, and have heard lots of awful stories about modern air travel. Being retired means I was in no hurry, and both Sharon and I took long train trips when we were younger and really enjoyed them. So…
Musings of a Restless Mind 