Your cart is currently empty!
my personal blog
-
Leaving San Francisco
Well, I’m heading out this morning for San Francisco’s airport, from which I’ll fly to Atlanta, and then home!
-
SF 2005: Walking the bridge
Today, King and Gwen and I walked across the Golden Gate Bridge… and then walked back across it! Very high…
-
SF 2005: AccesSF, Subterrano, Pix
Yesterday afternoon I had a great meeting at AccesSF, the public access people here in town, and for dinner King…
-
SF 2005: Mon, Tue, Wed
I’m still in San Francisco, having fun! I need to catch up on my blog entries, but meanwhile: Monday was…
-
The last leg: Reno to Emeryville
I’m now in San Francisco at King and Gwen’s home! Yay! I awoke this morning, made my way downstairs to…
-
Amtrak pix and movies
More pix in Pictures area and also QuickTime movies: My Compartment Rockies #1 Rockies #2 FYI, I use a Canon…
-
Just so you know
P.S. It is not true that Reno provides a stripper for every hotel room. Not true at all.
-
Morning in Reno
Early in the morning here in Reno. Skies seem somewhat clear (though still nighttime). I called Amtrak’s 800-USA-RAIL for more…
-
The Golden Phoenix beckons
I’m sitting now in a nice hotel room in downtown Reno, overlooking their casino strip. Amtrak gave each of us…
-
Still in Reno. And still.
Still in Reno. Here’s the news:We’re not going any farther tonight. They’re putting us up here in Reno — turns…
-
As far as Reno, Nevada
We made it to Reno. I can see the casinos when I stand outside the train in the falling snow.…
-
From Sparks to Reno
We’ve left Sparks and are inching our way toward Reno. It’s slow going, due to frozen switches, and, in some…
-
Inching down the snowy track
Getting ever so much closer to Sparks, Nevada, which is “just 8 minutes away” from Reno. Not sure how many…
-
Training the desert
We’re still in the desert, perhaps an hour or so before Reno. We haven’t seen the sun today; it’s been…
-
Morning in… somewhere
I woke up about an hour ago. The train had stopped. I climbed down from my bunk and checked my…
-
Through the Rockies
The Rockies were magnificent, as expected. After watching the mountains glide by the window, I dozed and then – voila!…
-
Leaving Denver
We’re leaving Denver now, passing though the neighborhoods and such. Then we’ll pass through the Rockies. Beautiful weather, blue skies.
-
Up to Denver
More travel pix are at SanFran 2005 Part B in Pictures section. Here are a couple movies: Leaving Chicago’s Railway…
-
Coasting into Fort Morgan
We have arrived at Fort Morgan, Colorado. We should’ve been here at 5:40 am, so we’re 4 hours 20 minutes…
-
Breakfast on the rails
One scrumptious breakfast later… Perfect pancakes with maple syrup, crisp bacon, orange juice. My seatmates were an older couple from…
-
As far as McCook
we just stopped at McCook. It was bright enough to read the station sign. So that means we’re four hours…
-
Feasting while in motion
I think I’ll go for a shower after breakfast — probably less of a hassle. It will be interesting to…
-
Somewhere in North America
Ok, we’ve just stopped at a small station. I wager that this is, in fact, Fort Morgan Colorado, since the…
Join my email list
Stay in the loop with my news and announcements emailed straight to you!