Took the Texas Eagle from Cleburne to Philadelphia September 12. Upon boarding, Andre', SCA offered me lunch and/or drink even though it was nearly 2:00 pm. I declined. For supper I was offered various seating times or the option to eat in my room. I ate in the diner there was 1 other rider in...
I'm sure Nick Farr will elaborate more on his suggestion, but more than likely when he mentioned going between coach seats and roomette is the practice of booking coach seats for a portion of the trip, say New Orleans to San Antonio in coach, then moving into a sleeper in San Antonio or the...
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I always enjoy an afternoon at Venice beach when I have time in LA. Get to people watch, ocean beach, Santa Monica pier.