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  1. Mary Stackhouse

    Service dog on San Joaquin Venture cars

    I’m a seasoned single day Amtrak “California coast” traveler with a 50 pound service dog. She easily “makes herself small” under the seats in the Observation cars, dining room, cafe table and downstairs disabled seating. Coach seats upstairs have more room as well. My biggest issue is that she...
  2. Mary Stackhouse

    Coast Starlight discussion 2023 Q4 - 2024

    This is from Google Earth and Wikipedia. Our Coast Startlight trip going north will be dark as we pass by tje only “structure” in this area. Someone going southbound might catch a glimpse of it.
  3. Mary Stackhouse

    Coast Starlight discussion 2023 Q4 - 2024

    It is sad that you cancelled the trip. The observation car looks out on the correct side of all California cars and is on the upper level with unobstructed views. People come and go constantly so finding a place to sit is usually easy (especially if people know you are not a local.) Renting a...
  4. Mary Stackhouse

    Eric & Pat’s September 2024 Trip Report: San Diego - Toledo - San Diego

    Loved your return trip reporting as expected! A little travel hack, wrap your duct tape around your deodorant or water bottles to make more room.
  5. Mary Stackhouse

    Trip suggestions please (Texas, California, Grand Canyon?)

    We live in the Pacific Surfliner country that runs through the tri-county area, known as the Gold Coast. It includes Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo (SLO) Counties. It gets more rural as you go north into wine country (Salinas is the agricultural center of the state) and SLO was named...
  6. Mary Stackhouse

    Eric & Pat’s September 2024 Trip Report: San Diego - Toledo - San Diego

    Pat and Eric, Reading your experiences traveling on Amtrak was exhilarating! I can’t wait to read about your return trip. My husband and I are taking our “ maiden voyage” from San Luis Obispo, CA to Chicago via the Coast Starlight and Empire builder to see our two young granddaughters. We will...
  7. Mary Stackhouse

    New member from GA

    We are disabled retirees, headed to Whitefish in October from California in October as well. I I am not sure about your stop along the way, but Whitefish has a great FREE shuttle system from the train station to various hotels and up the mountain on the Road to the Sun that we plan to take...
  8. Mary Stackhouse

    New member taking 50 year anniversary trip

    Hello everyone! My husband and I are taking Amtrak Surfliner, Empire Builder and Southwest Chief for the trip of our lifetime with our service dog, Gracie. We have booked accessible rooms and I have so many questions. 1) if the train is late, does the next train wait? If not, does Amtrak...
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