We boarded our Amtrak train at 11:30 PM on Tuesday. It was quite a comical surprise when we opened the curtain to our sleeper compartment. To say it was small would be an understatement! We were hoping to show it, but couldn't get far enough away to even get a picture. We did some estimating as far as the measurements and it couldn't have been any more than 4 feet x 9 feet. We got to giggling as we tried to undress in the 8" of space between the edge of the bed and the wall of the compartment. We probably weren't terribly popular with the neighbors who were already tucked in bed sleeping. Once Bob got up into the upper bunk and Deb got set in the lower all was well. Slept like babies being rocked in a cradle!
The top picture is taken in the dining car on the train. At breakfast we were seated with a charming couple from Scotland. We traded lots of travel stories. Then we headed to the lounge car and chatted for most of the afternoon with a man who was on his way home from a 2 month long hiking outing in California. Quite interesting.
At lunch we were seated with two men, not traveling together, but who both ended up being from Canada.
The picture at the right is taken as we got off the train just outside San Francisco. That is our car-which actually was the caboose!
Our train was an hour early getting into the Bay area, so we are headed out to Sausalito, which is supposed to be quite charming. It is right across the Bay from Frisco and we are hoping for some nice sunset pictures.
Toodles,
B and D
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