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Amtrak Metro-North Transit Adventures

To Westerly via SONO, Devon Transfer and Naugatuck

This Trip took place on August 1st: At this point I’ve done the entire New Haven Line and all train stations in Connecticut (except for a couple tiny stations on the Waterbury Branch, plus needing to revisit Waterbury itself) east of Norwalk. For the summer though because of construction on the Housatonic Swing Bridge closing […]

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Metro-North Transit Adventures

Yankees – East 153rd Street (and the ferry dock) and the Entire Hudson Line is Here

It’s only fitting to make the last Hudson Line Station the newest, Yankees-East 153rd Street–(61 Photos) that opened only in 2009. Since 2005 I’ve had photos up of the temporary ‘station’ (just wooden steps up to each door) that was used for two days during the Transit Strike. This ‘previous’ Yankee Stadium station has been incorporated into […]

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Metro-North Transit Adventures

Driving back from Syracuse in a Dented Car via Remote Port Jervis Line Stations

A couple weeks ago (June 24 to June 28) I went on my first real road trip by myself. Sure I’ve driven to and from Vermont a few times (and took back roads to visit Vermonter Stations on my way, including Palmer for the back-up move) but on all those trips my Brother, who I was chauffeuring […]

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Metro-North Transit Adventures

A Trip to attend an event in the Philipse Manor Train Station via Glenwood

I haven’t forgotten about my Ocean Trip Report, just getting busy with graduate school and life’s other distractions. Where I had to go yesterday inspired me to get back to work on finishing the Hudson Line. I found out about an APA-planning related book talk being held at the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center located in […]

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Transit Adventures

An Icy Lincoln’s Birthday Ride on the Aidrondack to Montreal for the Ocean to Halifax

Yes, I’m a bit behind (again). This Trip was taken on Lincoln’s Birthday (February 12) to start The Cold Ocean Not Quite to Halifax Introduction: Lincoln’s Birthday, this year the Thursday before Presidents Day is still observed by New York State and CUNY, meaning without any real Friday obligations I can have a five-day weekend. […]

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California Transit Adventures

Delta Flight Home a CRJ to a 767 – The new BART to OAK Peoplemover to the Q10 Bus

After Riding the Redwood Valley Railway it was finally time to head home and end my (anti-)Epic Ski Trip What made this trip work was finding out that an open-jaw ticket to Jackson Hole and home from any major West Coast Airport would cost roughly $420. Unforchunately flying any of the non-stop flights out of […]

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California Transit Adventures

A Foggy Morning Hiking in the Marin Headlands, and evening BART Trip to Berkeley

This is my last full day of my (anti)-Epic Speed trip, and describes my travels on January 18, 2015 Saturday morning, my one full day in the Bay Area with a Hostel switch I awoke to heading into the hostels dining room and being told we have too much Granola, eat it by the friendly […]

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Amtrak California Transit Adventures

An Hour Early, Empty California Zephyr down to the Marin Headlands Hostel, after a miserable conditions last day skiing Squaw/Alpine Meadows

This post covers my last days of skiing on my (anti-) Epic Ski Trip from January 16th (my full day at Squaw Valley) to January 17th taking the Zephyr down to the Bay Area where I transfer to a bus To Marin County. My one full day in Tahoe is probably my worst day of […]

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Transit Adventures

Sleeping well on an Amtrak Rommette from snowy Alta to needs snow Squaw, with a visit from a Reno drug detective

This is the forth part of my (anti-) Epic Ski Bum Trip. It covers January 14th through 15th, 2015. I wake-up for my final day of skiing knowing I’ll finally be getting on Amtrak to head to Tahoe where it despirately needs snow tonight. I’m still only ticketed to Reno but with so little time […]

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Rockies Region Transit Adventures

The Van Shuttle to Salt Lake City (to do the S-Line) for Three Days of Powder Skiing

This post covers Sunday, January 11th through 13th, 3 Days Skiing Alta Snowbird on my (anti-)Epic Ski Bum Adventure The next stop on my (anti-)Epic, Mountain Collective Skiing Adventure is Salt Lake City, specifically to ski AltaSnowbird. To get there are two options Alltrans (the airport shuttle companies) Mountain States Express that makes a daily […]