So, I'm here in Spokane, at 1AM in the morning. I'm taking the Empire Builder train from Portland, OR to Minneapolis, MN. I started at 4:47PM on Thursday, and I'll be getting off this train at 7:05AM on Saturday. The Empire Builder starts both in Portland and in Seattle, and then it meets in Spokane. My part of the train got here first, so I got to step off the train and see the conductors combine them. It was pretty cool, and very loud.
One of the conductors let me step of the train in Wishram, WA so that I could say that I had now been to Washington State! (I was planning on being asleep for this stop in Spokane.) Wishram has one of the smallest stations I have seen so far on this trip, and only one family got on there.
The scenery on this route is supposed to be rivaled only by the Coast Starlight and the California Zephyr (which I've been on) and I can already see why. Tomorrow we're going to be passing right through Glacier National Park in Montana (I went there two summers ago, and it was gorgeous!) and through North Dakota (I've never been there, but I'm very excited to!) However, the problem with seeing all of this amazing scenery is that I start to think this is normal, and expect it everywhere. I need to remember how spectacular it is, and really appreciate it.
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Your trip makes me jealous! I hope you are having fun and much needed downtime.
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