ME III: CHI to SF

· Maine Event

This was quite an adventure coming back. That said the trains were perfectly on time and the company was great. Food was acceptable. We played many rounds of gin rummy in between gazing out at this incredibly beautiful country that we live in. It felt like we were on this train for a week but it was just over 50 hours. We are dog tired from time changing and also the actual turning the clocks back an hour. We also didn't sleep particularly well but aim to this evening. It is really good to be home where the low was 51° and the high was 64° and sunny. The photos will have to be a little epic as they were over a couple of days of travel also part of it is through my home state.

Goodbye, Chicago.
Goodnight Illinois
Hello Mississippi River
Hours of fun...just look at that competitive glare, jaw set...
Good morning Colorado
Denver here we come.
Train Station
Front of the train station
Arvada, Eastern Rockies
Golden CO, Eastern Rockies
South Boulder Creek near Black Hawk
Winter Park
Aspen all the leaves are long gone.
Fraser, Eastern Rockies
Town of Fraser
Fraser river
Frozen over creek
Still the Fraser River
Hello, Colorado River life-giver to so many.
Glenwood Springs home to hot sulfur pools
Grand Junction street art
Iconic Grand Junction mesa
Colorado River and the train are still hanging out.
Sunset in South Western Colorado
Hello Utah!
Goodnight Utah.
Good morning Nevada. The Moon and Jupiter greeting the super early risers.
Sunrise at long last over beautiful Nevada stillness where the eye can travel forever.
Cottonwoods on fire in Nevada on the Truckee River
Reno, Nevada
Weee houses in Truckee, CA.
California snow
Sacramento River
Fairfield, CA
Benicia, CA
‎⁨Port Costa⁩, ⁨California⁩ just passed Martinez, CA.

And then we turned the corner and we were at Richmond and 7 minutes later in Emeryville. We quickly whisked our way across the Bay and now we are at home sweet home. It's well after midnight where we come from so wrapping this up without any deep thought.

Sending oodles of love, Tawnia

Two days worth of train-birds, 25 species: