Amtrak

I bought train tickets through Amtrak for my [possible] train trip to Buffalo in August for Lori Beth’s wedding. If Josh is able to go with his work situation then we’ll take the train otherwise I will fly. I hadn’t realized Amtrak tickets are 100% refundable if canceled up to 7 days in advance (since I’m reserving a sleeper room). I was not so enthused about taking a train at first when thinking about how much faster a plane is to get to Buffalo. But then, I started reading about it more and more and now I really want to take a train! I’d get to see a lot of America I’d probably never see in my lifetime. They even have tour guides hop on the train in the observation car (all glass!) at different stops and tell you about the history of the area, etc.

The train stops in Albuquerque, New Mexico to stop and refuel, etc. for 1 hour where you can get off the train and check out the Native American shops etc. nearby the train station. The train stops at other places too but sometimes it’s 5-10 mins other times int’s 20 mins etc. The layover is in Chicago where we’ll have a 7 hour layover or something where we’ll be downtown Chicago and we can check stuff out for a long while before our changeover to the next train. So, I’m really looking forward to the whole train thing now. I’m not forgetting I’ll need dramamine probably most of the time, but it’s an experience I’d like to have in my life! But Josh tells me not to get my hopes up now… with him losing his job and all, everything is up in the air.