Comments on: CALIFORNIA: RIDING THE RAILS http://zenandtheartoftravel.com/2012/07/02/california-riding-the-rails/ In search of the little things that make traveling worthwhile Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:15:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: John Goerzen http://zenandtheartoftravel.com/2012/07/02/california-riding-the-rails/#comment-411 John Goerzen Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:51:55 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftravel.com/?p=2947#comment-411 It’s a bit addictive, isn’t it? I took my first Amtrak trip in 1999, and have been hooked since. Last November, my family and I traveled from Kansas to Portland on the Southwest Chief and then the Starlight. That’s about 2 days each way. I love the scenery on the train, and besides the countryside, there’s the seeing the backyards and back sides of homes and businesses in cities; nobody faces their front door towards the train track.

Farther north, there is the passage through the beautiful Cascades. Give it a try sometime.

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