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| Pam gets ready to board (Photo: Gerry) |
We're proud to announce Cruising Squared has expanded! Of course we'll continue to keep you up to date on all things cruise, but will also now include our favorite way to cruise on land: Train travel. We've been hooked on riding the rails since we took an 8,500-mile odyssey on Amtrak several years ago. It covered two weeks, and our itinerary took us from Fort Worth to Chicago, Chicago to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Seattle, Seattle to Chicago, and back to Texas, with overnights stays at Chicago, Disneyland and Seattle.
Besides the chance to see the country up close and personal, at a leisurely pace, there are other benefits as well. The food is good and you meet the most interesting people. On our trip, we shared our travel with a former CIA operative, a retired oil company executive and a couple from California we stayed in touch with for many years after.
No, you can't be in a hurry. And it can include a fair amount of shake, rattle and roll. But isn't there something unique and nostalgic about boarding a train, hearing the whistle and watching the world go by? It's somewhat akin to cruise travel in that way.
We decided to get reacquainted with trains recently when Pam wanted to go to New York on Amtrak. So we booked a trip on the Silver Meteor, which goes from Miami to the Big Apple. It was an amazing trip, and we'll share the highlights right here. We hope you'll come along for the ride. All aboard! -- Gerry and Pam
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