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  1. Old MM

    Eric & Pat’s May 2024 Trip Report: San Diego - Toledo - San Diego

    Great fun and thank you for taking us along. Your reports have such useful information, such enjoyable narration, and are so chock full of delicious touches. You notice things I never notice. Looking forward to the next!
  2. Old MM

    North Carolina Spring trip - Planes, Buses and Trains, April 2024

    As always, these comments are very much appreciated. I try to "give back" as I have greatly enjoyed the reports from others for years. The travelogues posted by other AUers have been one of my favorite hobbies, and have resulted in the train adventures enjoyed with my children when they were...
  3. Old MM

    North Carolina Spring trip - Planes, Buses and Trains, April 2024

    And soon, that alarm went off. I wanted to be awake before the SCA (Tim??) came around so I could get coffee. Upon leaving DC, there was a full pot of fresh coffee in our car; which is probably nice for crew members starting their work day. Sure as heck I avoid caffeine after late morning...
  4. Old MM

    North Carolina Spring trip - Planes, Buses and Trains, April 2024

    The friendly SCA, Tim, soon came around to take dinner orders. We were given the option of having dinner in the lounge, and maybe I should do that more but it seems as if the SCAs and LSAs have developed systems that work so I just go with the flow. It is also perfectly nice to enjoy dinner in...
  5. Old MM

    North Carolina Spring trip - Planes, Buses and Trains, April 2024

    I had a water bottle from the lounge and a Kind bar to enjoy during an unstructured hike around the vicinity of the station. It was a beautiful day! At one point, it being me, I got a little lost trying to find a workaround avoiding a bridge that was going to close, and found a security guard...
  6. Old MM

    North Carolina Spring trip - Planes, Buses and Trains, April 2024

    It was a beautiful day in Washington. I checked in at the Metro lounge and stored my bag in the room behind the front counter. This being Saturday, I had no worries about accessing email. I stayed in the lounge for a few minutes, they have all the niceties including a fancy coffee machine and...
  7. Old MM

    North Carolina Spring trip - Planes, Buses and Trains, April 2024

    There was not time for sightseeing, it was already evening when I arrived at the hotel, and I had brought a sandwich for dinner from the Pret store in the train station. After that the plan was getting cleaned up and a good night's sleep. There were several events going on at the hotel and the...
  8. Old MM

    North Carolina Spring trip - Planes, Buses and Trains, April 2024

    And here we are in Washington! Having been here not that long ago, this time I remembered how to find the Metro station and buy the ticket. My hotel was a Crowne Plaza in College Park, which was booked in points and cash, as one of the only affordable options I could find, and it wasn't what you...
  9. Old MM

    North Carolina Spring trip - Planes, Buses and Trains, April 2024

    Gave the Lyft driver a 50% tip and hurried over to the platform. You can access it either through the station building or outside from the parking lot and back door. Oh, there's a bus to the Durham train station but I decided the extra sleep was worth the cost of the rideshare. It was partly...
  10. Old MM

    North Carolina Spring trip - Planes, Buses and Trains, April 2024

    Had a very pleasant time, which flew by, and it was time to return. It is getting to be customary for me to arrive in NC not knowing how I will be getting home, so some additional travel planning was in order. I was not encouraged looking at flights back to DTW. Earlier, I had looked at Amtrak...
  11. Old MM

    North Carolina Spring trip - Planes, Buses and Trains, April 2024

    Well, it was time for what has become my bi-annual (Spring and Fall) trip to NC to visit my son. We confirmed a range of dates that would work for him, and I initially started the planning thinking it would be fun to take the Capitol Limited from TOL-WAS and then take one of the possibilities...
  12. Old MM

    City of New Orleans, connecting from/to Wolverine, Feb. '24

    Which version do you and Pat like the most? While Audrey Hepburn singing it in the movie was magical, I give a slight edge to Andy Williams.
  13. Old MM

    The economics of budget airlines don't make sense

    Another, minor point on LCCs is that in some cases, by the time you add on the extras to a bare-bones ticket, the cost might be roughly equivalent to a major. There can be a lot of variation depending on which carriers being compared and city pairs, but I recently saw Delta fares out of Detroit...
  14. Old MM

    Photos from my Empire Builder and LSL trip Jan-Feb 2024

    Love your report, you had some adventures! Never heard of Canopy, is that nearby the train station? Lovely pics too... now I have to find one of those portable tea kettles.
  15. Old MM

    City of New Orleans, connecting from/to Wolverine, Feb. '24

    Thanks Caravanman, that is the intention! I try to emulate the style of reports that take you along, and I'm so happy you got that feeling. New Orleans was a welcome discovery and I agree wholeheartedly, the train is the best way to arrive and depart from there. Eric and Pat, thank you as...
  16. Old MM

    City of New Orleans, connecting from/to Wolverine, Feb. '24

    Well, this will wrap up a long, long trip report. I need a better system for trying to upload pictures, or basically, a new home computer. Regretful about the various sizing issues with these photos, really not sure why not consistent between phone and desktop. At any rate, we pulled into...
  17. Old MM

    City of New Orleans, connecting from/to Wolverine, Feb. '24

    I probably had time to go inside the station, but didn't. It was time to start getting ready for bed. The shower floor upstairs was so grimy and I did try to get it clean, and while rinsing it, noticed there was no hot water. I probably should have checked out the one downstairs but at this...
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