Hello! I'm trying to think of what to do with all my vacation time next year (I know, that's a good problem to have), and I thought I'd cast the net for some ideas. Here are some criteria:
- My home station is WAS.
- I'm interested in anything as short as a day trip or as long as about two weeks.
- I like to visit interesting and/or beautiful towns and cities of all sizes that are easily navigable on foot and/or by public transportation. Specific attractions are far less important than pleasant places to walk around. (I also like riding trains for their own sake, but I'd rather they take me someplace I want to go.) I like to spend 2-3 days in a place (or less, if it's small), then move on.
- By the time I book the trip, I'll have about 35,000 AGR points. I want to use them wisely. (Of course, I can also pay cash for stuff.)
- I strongly prefer roomettes for overnight travel.
- Flying or taking an intercity bus for one or more legs of the journey are options I'm willing to consider. Driving/renting a car at any point, I'm not.
- Some places I've been recently (doesn't mean I can't visit them again, just that I already know what's there): Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Chicago, San Francisco, Eugene OR, Portland OR, Seattle. (And in Canada: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City.)
- Trains I've taken (again, doesn't meant I can't take them again): Northeast Regional, Capitol Limited, Empire Builder (all end-to-end, if you ignore that the EB was bustituted from Spokane to Seattle), Coast Starlight (San Francisco to Eugene), Cascades (Portland to Seattle). (And in Canada, the corridor train from Toronto to Montreal to Quebec.)
Where would you go if you were me?
- My home station is WAS.
- I'm interested in anything as short as a day trip or as long as about two weeks.
- I like to visit interesting and/or beautiful towns and cities of all sizes that are easily navigable on foot and/or by public transportation. Specific attractions are far less important than pleasant places to walk around. (I also like riding trains for their own sake, but I'd rather they take me someplace I want to go.) I like to spend 2-3 days in a place (or less, if it's small), then move on.
- By the time I book the trip, I'll have about 35,000 AGR points. I want to use them wisely. (Of course, I can also pay cash for stuff.)
- I strongly prefer roomettes for overnight travel.
- Flying or taking an intercity bus for one or more legs of the journey are options I'm willing to consider. Driving/renting a car at any point, I'm not.
- Some places I've been recently (doesn't mean I can't visit them again, just that I already know what's there): Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Chicago, San Francisco, Eugene OR, Portland OR, Seattle. (And in Canada: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City.)
- Trains I've taken (again, doesn't meant I can't take them again): Northeast Regional, Capitol Limited, Empire Builder (all end-to-end, if you ignore that the EB was bustituted from Spokane to Seattle), Coast Starlight (San Francisco to Eugene), Cascades (Portland to Seattle). (And in Canada, the corridor train from Toronto to Montreal to Quebec.)
Where would you go if you were me?