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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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Amtrak Rockies Region Transit Adventures

A Roomette’s Good Night’s Sleep Through Nevada from Salt Lake City to Truckee to Snowless Squaw Valley

Introduction: The original plan when me and my Dad planned this segment of the trip back in November was to ski Alta for two days and then ski Squaw Valley for two days, take an Amtrak Roomette to Truckee and then ski Squaw Valley for two days. These two ski areas are both included on […]

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Transit Adventures

The Scenic, Early and Chatty California Zephyr from DEN to SLC — One delay from a drunkard in Grand Jct who missed the train and made it wait, lying about having a 3 year old on board

After a nice day in Denver visiting friends and only taking RTD once, the 16th Street Free Mall Ride its time to continue my trip with my day on the California Zephyr from Denver to Salt Lake City, a route I’ve only done eastbound arriving in Denver after dark. I get to the station at […]

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Winter 2012

UTA SkiBus to Alta and the Zephyr to Sacramento

Greetings from Sacramento, California and the youth hostel here! I arrived here yesterday on the early California Zephyr from Salt Lake City that arrived 7 minutes early after being early across the entire Great Basin of Nevada giving me the opportunity to get a photo essay of the chain linked fence shack at Elko, Nevada […]

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Transit Adventures

An Empty, Wet Great Plains and Crowded Eastern trip back from Colorado

Well I’m finally back in New York as of last night after 50 hours taking a Greyhound Bus, the California Zephyr, the Capital Limited, and a 9 car sold-out evening of Memorial Day train back to New York from Colorado Springs. The purpose of this trip was to move, after I graduation from Colorado Springs […]