Already putting together my vacation for next year. As some of you may know I like to do bicycle tours but also try to use Amtrak to get back home.
My plan for next year is to do a loop out of Spokane making use of the Coeur d' Alene and Route of the Hiawatha bike trails.
I would like to take the train home but I really don't want to take the EB out of Spokane. First there is that horrible departure time. And you really miss one of the better parts of the trip and that is the Cascades out of Spokane. Plus I just took the EB this year.
I don't know if this is a crazy plan or not. But I was going to fly to Sacramento from Spokane. The crazy part is that is a 4 hour flight plus the trip to the hotel in Sacramento that is near the train station. I can be half way home on a flight in that time. Not to mention an extra night in Sacramento.
Aside from flying out to take the train ride back (which your vacation is really the train ride). Has anyone gone to great lengths to take the train to get to or from somewhere, rather than just flying?
My plan for next year is to do a loop out of Spokane making use of the Coeur d' Alene and Route of the Hiawatha bike trails.
I would like to take the train home but I really don't want to take the EB out of Spokane. First there is that horrible departure time. And you really miss one of the better parts of the trip and that is the Cascades out of Spokane. Plus I just took the EB this year.
I don't know if this is a crazy plan or not. But I was going to fly to Sacramento from Spokane. The crazy part is that is a 4 hour flight plus the trip to the hotel in Sacramento that is near the train station. I can be half way home on a flight in that time. Not to mention an extra night in Sacramento.
Aside from flying out to take the train ride back (which your vacation is really the train ride). Has anyone gone to great lengths to take the train to get to or from somewhere, rather than just flying?