Vol. 8 — The California Zephyr @ the banks of the Colorado River
Sensibly, the train follows the course of the Colorado River starting a few miles past Fraser. It’s become a pretty clear and sunny day, with views all the way to the next
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Sensibly, the train follows the course of the Colorado River starting a few miles past Fraser. It’s become a pretty clear and sunny day, with views all the way to the next
The Icebox of America, they call this place, which has the lowest average temperature of anywhere in the United States. It’s a short bus or taxi trip from here to Winter Park,
It would figure that my camera battery would die just as we enter the picturesque passes and switchbacks that lead us into the heart of the mountains. I guess I took too many
I awoke this morning to a horizon of blue and gray and white pressing itself hazily into the ochre and brown earth, dusting it with new snow that continues to fall softly. This
Somewhat unexpectedly, riding the train has become kind of surreal. A function of the timing I think, for the most part… with the days so short, and most of my train time so
Does that staircase look familiar? On arrival, I was contemplating meeting Miss IL for lunch, but it became clear that I made some errors in judgement regarding the quantity, composition and location of
I awake to a world that remains gray and wet, and hope Chicago itself isn’t likewise, or I’ll almost certainly spend my layover in the station. Still, it’s light enough
My train departs at this very moment… I don’t know what I’ll find or see or learn, but I can’t wait to find out!
This post didn't occur on this date. I've magically inserted it into the timestream, by way of the mystical modern art of "software". I wanted to preface the posts to follow