Sunday, June 04, 2006

 

Day Minus 14 - Getting There - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

The starting point is Astoria, Oregon. Getting there is all about 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' (not in that order).

Arriving in Boston (via Iceland), my training regime commenced ( a few weeks back) with intensity in New England - catching some coastal winds (headwinds that is), a more than fair bit of rain (as opposed to drought challenged London) and lots of hills in New Hampshire. Shortly, I am heading to Chicago to catch the Empire Builder 27 to Seattle (wwww.amtrak.com).

For those of you new to Train Travel in the USA, PBS Television reported 'Amtrak's 'Empire Builder' passenger train service parallels US Highway 2 along the Hi-Line in northern Montana. Passenger depot stops, from east to west, are in Libby, Whitefish, Glacier National Park, Browning, Cut Bank, Shelby, Havre, Malta, Glasgow and Wolf Point. While on board, passengers experience many of the same vistas first viewed by the early settlers. The Empire Builder is a train for people who think big. It can carry you to the greatest of the great outdoors -- a National Park spanning two nations, Glacier International Peace Park, and a major mountain range, the Rockies. And it does it all under the famous Big Sky of the northern prairie -- a sky that is bigger and grander than any you've ever seen.'

On Saturday June 17, I will take a bus to Astoria.

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