My family and I are about to embark on a long train trip -- hooray!
The first leg of our trip is from our home in Oakland to Portland on the Coast Starlight. We'll be staying overnight in Portland and visiting friends, before leaving on the next day's Empire Builder.
Given that we won't be in Portland for long, and that getting to our hotel will require some walking or light rail plus a bus, we'd love to be able to leave some of it at the station and take just what we need overnight. (In particular, we'll have my 3-year-old daughter's car seat, which won't be needed in Portland but which will be needed later in the trip. That thing is a real pain to carry around.)
I've seen references to the Metropolitan Lounge being able to hold luggage -- and we'll be in the sleeper and eligible to use it -- but can they hold something overnight? Or are there other options for leaving luggage overnight at the station?
Thanks for any ideas or info you can give.
By the way, the rest of the trip is the Empire Builder to Columbus WI, we'll be staying for a few days in Madison visiting friends. Then a bus to Chicago connecting to the California Zephyr, to Denver to visit family for a few days. And then the Zephyr back home to Oakland (well, Emeryville). We can't wait -- we've all taken overnight train trips before (even the 3-year-old) but never something this long.
The first leg of our trip is from our home in Oakland to Portland on the Coast Starlight. We'll be staying overnight in Portland and visiting friends, before leaving on the next day's Empire Builder.
Given that we won't be in Portland for long, and that getting to our hotel will require some walking or light rail plus a bus, we'd love to be able to leave some of it at the station and take just what we need overnight. (In particular, we'll have my 3-year-old daughter's car seat, which won't be needed in Portland but which will be needed later in the trip. That thing is a real pain to carry around.)
I've seen references to the Metropolitan Lounge being able to hold luggage -- and we'll be in the sleeper and eligible to use it -- but can they hold something overnight? Or are there other options for leaving luggage overnight at the station?
Thanks for any ideas or info you can give.
By the way, the rest of the trip is the Empire Builder to Columbus WI, we'll be staying for a few days in Madison visiting friends. Then a bus to Chicago connecting to the California Zephyr, to Denver to visit family for a few days. And then the Zephyr back home to Oakland (well, Emeryville). We can't wait -- we've all taken overnight train trips before (even the 3-year-old) but never something this long.