Random thoughts from the sea
I almost panicked after boarding Amtrak’s California Zephyr early Thursday morning. I had meant to download more Netflix and Amazon Prime shows before continuing my trip to the west coast. I had almost two full days on the train. On earlier legs of this Amtrak journey, I had caught up
Continue readingA feel of excitement filled the air in Chicago’s Union Station Sunday afternoon. Within a little more than an hour, four classic Amtrak journeys west were about to depart. The Texas Eagle would head south to Dallas and San Antonio and then west to Los Angeles. A few minutes later
Continue readingIs taking a journey on Amtrak really like taking a voyage on a cruise ship? Neither trip is likely to get you to your destination faster than a jet. But both are more about the journey. On Amtrak, you may get a feeling for the vastness of America, depending on
Continue reading“It’s like a sea day on a cruise ship.” This was how I described my first Amtrak adventure – 48 hours on the Empire Builder from Seattle to Chicago. I ate at community booths in the dining car, where the conversations invariably revolved around why we were taking the train.
Continue readingAs you might have read on my Oct. 10 post from my 2017 Grand Asia cruise, “There’s No Prize for Packing Light,” I took one large suitcase, two medium, a carry-on and a backpack. I returned home with an additional carry-on, a gift from Holland America. Here is a brief
Continue readingWhat To Do with All Those Pictures? Part 4 Unless you are diligent about asking others to take your photo with your camera or smartphone, you may not have many photos of yourself on your cruise. I am one of those people who don’t think to ask. So when I
Continue readingWhat To Do with All Those Pictures? Part 3 Despite this digital age, I do like to have a hard copy of pictures, so I put together a photo book. When I’m feeling nostalgic, I can peruse the book and remember the wonderful times I have had while traveling. Making
Continue readingWhat To Do with All Those Pictures? Part 2 Feb. 16, 2018 Back in the 1990s, I spent a week alone each fall at a friend’s cottage on Vinalhaven Island in Maine. One year I spent the evenings at the large kitchen table putting together photo albums from my boxes
Continue readingI came home from the 80-day Grand Asia cruise with 6.224 photographs. I doubt anyone wants to come over to watch my slideshow. The downfall of digital photographs is that there is little reason to restrain from taking so many. I find I’m hoping that one will be that perfect
Continue readingGrand Asia Cruise + 31 days Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018 – at home Today is one month since I left the MS Amsterdam and flew home to the Dallas suburbs from San Diego. It seems more like a year. I don’t wake up expecting someone to serve my breakfast or
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