The Coast Starlight train journey from Vancouver to San Francisco is around 1300 km. It was interesting and certainly better than flying. I’m glad we did it but neither of us would rush to do it again. We hurtled passed places which meant that scenery rather a blur and as a consequence the pix are fuzzy. We didn’t have a good map or knowledge of what territory we were traveling through so it was difficult to know exactly where you were. The most beautiful places we seemed to whip through without understanding what it was we were looking at unlike the Canadian where the train slowed when travelling through significant spots. Here are a few snap shots of that 28 or so hour journey - the least blurry ones!
Boy do we travel in style! up before the sparrows drinking OJ and eating Pizza slice (5am) at the Vancouver Station. Not complaining. In over 2 mths of travel we’ve only had two early starts. We were waiting for the Amtrak Thruway bus to take us to Seattle there to board the Coast Starlight bound for San Francisco
Just pulled into Portland
They have dogs on the station and also through the trains.
Portland Station
Takes you back. Shining marble everywhere
When was the last time you saw seats like these?!
Clouds and reflections
Not snow capped mountains but fluffy clouds
The railway waiting room at Century Fields, Eugene
Benicia is a waterside city in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. In the distance in the early morning light you can make out some large ships ` and lots of window reflections unfortunately
The play of water
The gently rippled surface reminded me of permed hair or sheeps fleece. Unbroken crimps.
Add a disturbance and voila! Made we think about gravity waves in space and the bodies that impact that to create ripples in space! Yes I know.
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