This is a little dark, but I love how you can see the outline of the little boy’s glasses. And this is really what riding the Zephyr is like: incredible scenery, visible without even straining your eyes or craning your neck.
I was in the last car from Denver to San Francisco. My favorite thing to [...]
I swear to you the train is better than a movie. I brought some movies and shows, the Sims on my laptop, and three books to keep me occupied, but my looking out the window/eavesdropping on passengers combo is proving to be way more fun. To accomplish this, I gave up the darker cramped space [...]
I woke up this morning just in time to hear the conductor inform us sleepy passengers that we were within minutes of Denver. Stumbling off the train, I glanced around for my grandparents. It’s been seven or eight years since we’ve seen each other, and when I finally spotted my grandfather, he was looking around [...]
I am currently on the California Zephyr, a train that seems concerned with staying connected to the track only 30% of the time. The rest of the time we go careening through the air — to hell with the that carefully laid track! — which also sends me careening through the air as I make [...]
