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If you've been following along, you know Mrs. BGA and I are heading out today on a cross country train trip using a USA Rail Pass, which enables us to take 10 "legs" over 30 days. Read about the pass HERE.
On our trip we hope to catch a Cubs game at Wrigley Field, visit friends during a four-day stay in Seattle and spend a week with That Certain Dartmouth '14 at Bryce Canyon, Utah, where she is a ranger/planner. (It's about a 3½ hour drive between Bryce and Green River, but in the west that's how far people drive to pick up milk.)
After Green River we will have four nights with my sister at her beautiful summer place on Colorado's Lake Dillon.
When we finally get back to Chicago we will decide if we've had enough of the train. As it stands, we'll head from Chicago to Washington, D.C., where we hope to meet up with a friend from my grad school days.
If we're tired of the train, we'll go directly from Chicago to New York and catch the Vermonter back home. Time will tell.
Here's our full itinerary:
TODAY
The Lake Shore Limited
Depart: Boston South Station, 12:50 p.m.
Arrive: Chicago Union Station, tomorrow 10:12 a.m.
WEDNESDAY
The Empire Builder
Depart: Chicago Union Station, 3:05 p.m.
Arrive: Seattle King Street Station, Friday, 9:50 a.m.
MONDAY, April 29
The Coast Starlight
Depart: Seattle King Street Station, 9:50 a.m.
Arrive: Los Angeles Union Station, Tuesday, April 30, 9:11 p.m.
THURSDAY, May 2
The Coast Starlight
Depart: Los Angeles Union Station, 9:51 a.m.
Arrive: Emeryville (Bay Area), Thursday, 9:31 p.m.
SATURDAY, May 4
The California Zephyr
Depart: Emeryville, 9:10 a.m.
Arrive: Green River, Utah, Sunday, 7:44 a.m.
Sunday May 4-Sunday May 12
Bryce Canyon National Park
SUNDAY, May 12
The California Zephyr
Depart: Green River Utah, 7:44 a.m.
Arrive: Granby, Colo., Sunday 2:54 p.m.
Sunday, May 12-Thursday, May 16
Dillon, Colorado
THURSDAY, May 16
The California Zephyr
Depart: Granby, Colo., 2:54 p.m.
Arrive: Chicago Union Station, Friday, 2:50 p.m.
SATURDAY, May 18*
The Capitol Limited
Depart: Chicago Union Station, 6:40 p.m.
Arrive: Washington Union Station, Sunday, 1:05 p.m.
TUESDAY, May 21*
The Vermonter
Depart: Washington Union Station, 8:10 a.m.
Arrive: White River Junction, Vt., 6:15 p.m.
* Tentative
