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Riding Amtrak’s California Zephyr: Life on board the train
I assume most people have never ridden the California Zephyr route — if they’ve ever been on Amtrak at all. This post is for those curious about what life is like aboard the train. It’s an important consideration since the entire route is a serious time commitment at around 52 hours. From Chicago heading west…
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Riding Amtrak’s California Zephyr: Tickets, scheduling, stations, and boarding
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: the California Zephyr’s schedule is very inflexible. Each stop gets one train per day, per direction. This is not a commuter train. While planning my trip I purchased the majority of my train tickets directly from Amtrak’s website. These tickets appeared in the Amtrak app on…
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Riding Amtrak’s California Zephyr: The trains
As I outlined in my first post about the trip, in spring 2019 I took a trip across America via train on the California Zephyr route with stops in Chicago, Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Omaha before returning home to San Francisco. In this blog post I’ll go over the trains themselves before delving…
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Reno wrap up and stray observations
Reno: it’s the city most of us think of either as a second-rate Las Vegas, or a spot you stop by on your way to somewhere more interesting like Lake Tahoe — or Las Vegas. What I’m saying is most of us tend to view Reno less of as a destination and more of a…
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Reno street art: Midtown
In the last post I went over some of the street art in Reno’s downtown. Now, onto the Midtown neighborhood. Not long ago Midtown was known for dingy motels and strip clubs; to some extent that’s still true, but it’s undergoing a renaissance these days. And why not? It’s a short walk from downtown —…
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Reno street art: Downtown
While in Reno I came across so much street art I’m doing two posts about it, starting with downtown Reno. Since I only spent 48 hours in Reno there’s probably many glaring omissions here. Even this first post is split into two galleries for reasons that should make sense momentarily. Downtown Reno looks pretty shabby…
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Review: The Illusionists Experience in Reno
Last night I went to see The Illusionists Experience, a magic show with a residency for the next few months in Reno’s Eldorado. The name is a little confusing, I think they just tacked on “Experience” as a way to differentiate it from their traveling sister show which is simply known as “The Illusionists.”…
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Salt Lake City wrap up and stray observations
I arrived in Reno late this morning after a very delayed train, so I’m wrapping up my stay in Salt Lake City in this post before moving on to adventures in Reno. The first thing to notice about Salt Lake City is the view. From pretty much anywhere, including the outskirts of the city, you…
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Is Salt Lake City really a city?
Salt Lake City left me with a burning question: is it really a city? I mean technically sure, but when we think of cities today we typically think of fairly urban places where it’s easy to get around on foot, and the public transportation is at least decent enough to use on a regular basis…
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Bush plane flying tour
There’s experiences and then there’s experiences, and this one falls strictly into the latter category. On a whim I booked a “Bush Plane Flying Tour” hosted by an Air Force vet and flying enthusiast named Neil. We met in the parking lot of the South Valley Regional Airport, just outside of Salt Lake City. It’s…
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