TrainsandCruises

Alright Folks so we are home, It was an extremely uneventful trip home after we left San Antonio it was smooth sailing with the train leaving so early that we had to wait at every station for time to be made up. The most exciting things were the rain in New Mexico, the Dust in Arizona including tumbleweeds and the few things I heard on my scanner during the later hours of the night. The first one was when we were just getting into Arizona I heard a request for an ambulance to meet us a passenger had cut herself and needed to be removed from the train. We got to our next station stop and there EMS waited and took the passenger to be checked out. The next one was a little bit more serious ... read more

Today's blog post is concise and to the point. Jennifer and I slept in until about 0930hrs yesterday. At that point, I got up and started some laundry before piddling around the house. Jennifer went out to Target and bought some mosquito repellant as well as some fizzy water and some drinks. She also picked up "Chicken Express" which she has been raving about since we started talking about this trip. It was KFC chicken strips with fewer seasonings and some white gravy to dip them in, the best part of the whole meal IMHO was the Mashed Potatoes which were nothing more than Sysco/U.S. Foods potato flakes. Anyway, I am digressing the rest of the day was spent playing Cards Against Humanity and a new game called Million Dollars but...I love Cards Against Humanity but ... read more

It is getting to be time to hit the road again, this time Jennifer and I are on our way to Texas to visit her brother and do some snooping around in Dallas-Ft. Worth Texas. As was the case with the previous train trip we will be riding on Amtrak. However, we are not going to be going to on the Coast Starlight on this journey. We will be taking a more southern route this time as we are heading to Texas. I have included the maps on this blog as well as a picture of the map. Another difference this time is that instead of Jennifer and I sharing one compartment we are going to be taking two compartments of the roomette style. We did this for two reasons: 1. It allows us a little ... read more

Good Day to you all, Yesterday was a very busy day, we went to Pikes Market as well as all the other stereotypical tourist things in Seattle such as the Space Needle, the starbucks roastery, fish market etc. After doing all of these things we hopped back in the car, Angie with a piece of fresh salmon in tow to head back to the house. Once there Jennifer and I got ready for date night at The Metropolitan Grill while Angie cooked that piece of Salmon. Jennifer and I went to the space needle that evening and I actually got her to go up the elevator and take pictures up there. After that we went to dinner and had some of the best steaks I have ever had. I will detail more in the pictures of ... read more

Ok so this morning started at 0430 as we had to check out of our AirBnB by 0500 to catch a cab so we could be at the train station by 0530 to check our bags and clear customs. We cleared customs with no problem and were all the way out to our car on the train when I realized I had left the seat checks on the other side of customs...back I went and after arguing with the customs agents many times (they wouldn't let me back past them nor would they go get the seat checks I could see sitting on their desk) I was finally allowed to go back and get the seat checks before having to clear customs AGAIN...Don't let it be said that CBP doesn't do anything. I then was on ... read more