I didn't plan very well getting my Amtrak Pass, so I spent too much time on the train and not enough enjoying friends and family at the various stops. Still, it was a great trip seeing so much of this great country of ours.
Rounding the famous Horseshoe Curve just west of Altoona, PA
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| Michiko, Mother, Takashi, Murph, Emilee, Patrick |
In Hilliard (Columbus), Ohio, I enjoyed a terrific visit with my Mother, Japanese brother, his wife, my brother, John and his children.
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| Windmills on the Midwest Plains |
Then back on the train, westbound through Chicago and westward to LA.
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| Sunset on the Central Plains |
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| Sunset on the Central Plains |
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| Rocky Mountains well to the north |
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| Raton station, NM |
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| Rain in the mountains |
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| Desert Sunrise |
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| San Bernardino station |
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| Outside Union Station, LA, CA |
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| Rob, as we experience southern California |
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| Sunset heading east across the desert |
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| Sunrise on the Central Plains |
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| Arriving Chicago |
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| Briefly back in Pittsburgh, then south to Orlando |
