Notes from my trip:
#5 - What happens when you forget you haven't changed
your travel alarm? You end up the sole inhabitant of the lounge car's
observation deck while whizzing through Lakota, North Dakota in the pitch black
of pre-dawn! Time to write some postcards.
#6 - Last stop in North Dakota is Williston. Amazing
that Verizon has worked all across the state- -and there was very little
service in western Pennsylvania, western Maryland or the panhandle of West
Virginia.
#7 - Mary tells me that the Empire Builder used to be full
of oil workers fracking in the hills of North Dakota, but now there are hardly
any around. She points out a set of 30 prefab homes in a little berg as
we fly past and says, "I'll bet they're all empty."
#8 - Roomettes are a perfect choice if you want comfort and privacy and a picture window sized view of the world.
#9 - The food is pretty good. It's all inclusive for
me with the price of my roomette. A typical breakfast.
#10 - Just like on planes, some people drink too much,
but they are around you a lot longer. I don't understand why people drink
like this in public. They don't annoy me, I just feel sorry for them.
#11 - Don't forget to bring lots of loose cash for
gratuities. You will want to tip your server in the dining car and
definitely the car attendants. I found all of mine so helpful overall
that I thanked them with between $10 and $30 dollars to a total of $115.00 plus
another easy $35 @ meals. I am not a wealthy man, but I'm also not going
to take anything I have with me when I'm gone--better to distribute it now,
right?
To that end I did get off the train in White Fish, Montana
to visit an ATM, and was also greeted by this sad
little taxidermies Big Horn Sheep.
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