I've been mostly hanging out in the lounge car on Amtrak trains, especially this one that has window that wrap halfway along the ceilings. This one's stalled at Salem, though. All the other trains I've been on have run reasonably on time, but this one's only gone about 100km and we've already had three several-minute delays.

This time, I was in ( Read more... )

Right now I'm doing the reverse of the trip into Seattle. One of the first things I saw on my way in last Monday was the world-famous Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Haven't heard of it? I'll bet you have-maybe this video will jog your memory. ( Photo of the new one... )