Help yourself to my "s'more goes blog"! You'll find trackeds and endtrials through S/SE Asia, my Pan-American overland wanderings, SoCal, and always bridges to and through the Middle Kingdom. Expect only occasional updates now from Jets, Journal, Wonder and environs.
November 27, 2005The Pan-American Adventure Begins:
Following the Lewis and Clark Trail, or, Riding the Empire Builder from Chicago to Portland From my sister's house in Hillsdale, MIchigan  The trip takes nearly 46 hours. There's a special car with windows on all sides to view the scenery.Here's what Amtrak says the EB has in store for us: From Chicago, you'll have magnificent views of the Mississippi and see the glowing night skyline of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Awake the next morning as you cross the North Dakota plains and travel over the spectacular Gassman Coulee Trestle. Skirting the Missouri, you'll cross into the Big Sky country in Montana. As you pass Glacier National Park the panoramic windows of the Sightseer Lounge make for the best seats in the house. From Spokane, you can continue on to Seattle or head down the Columbia River Gorge toward Portland for spectacular views of Mt. Hood and Beacon Rock.We bought the tickets a few days ago for $125/person. Sharing Amtrak seats with someone you love is cheaper and more fun than getting sleeper tickets. The great reclining tour of Northwest America awaits. We'll have pics of the journey on our flickr account once we're on the west coast. (You should become a flickr member so you can upload your own pics and make comments on mine) Please sit down on the other side of this screen--this vast machine, this mirror of the self made large and intimate--and enjoy the ride with us. Goodbye snow! Goodbye familiar environs. Hello easy tears of joy and pain. The scope of the journey ahead appears as a widening pinprick on the horizon. Stay with us as it grows into experience. Comments:
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