Eight days, four national parks, 13 cities and towns in four states, 50 hours of rail travel (and 6 hours of air travel), 1,700 miles of driving, and about 1,500 almost 2,000 pictures. It was pretty fucking awesome ( Read more... )

Martha and I curled up by the fire last night (actually, the soft light of Law & Order: SVU) and sketched out a rough draft of our upcoming tour of the American Southwest. The tentative plan is as follows:

• Travel by Amtrak sleeper car from New York to Del Rio, TX via the Crescent and Sunset Limited (including an overnight layover in New Orleans, ( Read more... )

I have reached new heights in train nerdery.

Specifically, my numerous Amtrak trips between New York and Boston this year have put me in Amtrak's Select membership tier, meaning I now earn even more points now for using Amtrak. Oh, and I get free luggage tags.

What's even more exciting, though, is that the Amtrak Guest Rewards credit card has ( Read more... )

I am leaving for Bonnaroo at 6pm.

I will be gone until Monday night.

If all goes well technology-wise, I will be posting pictures of my trip on my Flickr account, so check there for updates if you're curious.

This is what the weather is supposed to be like:

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