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| Beth | profile | all galleries >> Picture Diary----2006-2013 >> Picture Diaries For 2008 >> What's Up---June, 2008 >> 2008 Journey | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 First Leg: Portland, Maine waiting in the bus line! |
 Tony meets us at South Station....Thanks, Tony!! |
 It's nice having a few minutes to talk to an old friend! |
 That station is beautiful, but this is... |
 the Executive Lounge and we don't feel like executives!! |
 Just to underline that this is South Station! |
 But we're treated to it anyway. |
 Then it's on to Albany where the station is new and...(sorry this is cock-eyed!). |
 ....interesting! |
 Approaching by bus you get to see the outside. |
 And Albany from inside. |
 Second Leg: We're on the Amtrak on our way to Chicago....it's not a bad SMALL space. |
 And here's Albany from the train. |
 The next day: Somewhere east of Chicago |
 ....there are roads to nowhere... |
 ....sweet dreams and.... |
 ...farm equipment meant for 'dairyland;' |
 and high power lines... |
 ...in every direction! |
 Chicago is high roller land? |
 And then approaching Chicago... |
 we start seeing boats and... |
 ...commuter trains.... |
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 Finally we're THERE and in the train station and down the street; nearby... |
 ...we grab breakfast at Mitchell's where Milk Duds are a trademark. |
 One satisfied... |
 breakfaster! |
 And why shouldn't he be with FOUR eggs over corned beef hash? |
 Then we head outside & back to the station; with a view of the Sears Building, but nary a terrorist in sight! |
 It's a beautiful station! |
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 Yup, it is! |
 Done only as they knew how back in the day when.... |
 ...government money was thought to represent virtue and the common good! |
 Ron checks out the schedule board. |
 It's a big, towering place befitting... |
 ...the symbol of the US of Ahhhhhhhh! |
 Some people use it as a place to rest. |
 Stairs are worn by decades of feet! |
 This way to the trains... |
 ....and just in time for... |
 ...the Metro Lounge...Chicago's answer to Boston's Executive Lounge! |
 Leg Three: We leave Chicago, but not before... |
 ....we get to.... |
 ....look back at the city and.... |
 ....the Sears Tower! |
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 Approaching Milwaukee we find ourselves under a bridge! |
 Leg Four: West of Chicago we see... |
 ....farm field after... |
 ....farm field....on and on and on! But there ARE lots of birds in the wet swails produced by spring rains. |
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 Leaving the train at Minot... |
 ....where Ron... |
 spends his coins on water or some other such thirst-quencher and... |
 ....get golden dollars in change for his $5.00 deposit. |
 Then it's time to catch the train again. |
 On the way out the door, "When Women Rule" catches Ron's eye and opens his mouth! |
 Then going through North Dakota, the topography changes from.... |
 flat to hilly with... |
 ....interesting clouds. |
 Ron finally gets his camera going! |
 The further west we go, the more 'auto graveyards' we see! |
 And those country boys fill their time with graffitti on trains. |
 In Big Sky country we find... |
 ...beautiful cloud formations; they stretch from horizon to horizon! |
 We pass Fort Union where it appears that the Indians were neighbors. What makes me think this wasn't true? |
 The Missouri River is large here. |
 And the topography changes again for a time. |
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 With oil prices so high, even small wildcatters are at it again! |
 After lunch we go to the... |
 ...Observation Car cause our window is .... |
 ....filthy and we can see.... |
 ....so much more from these windows! |
 It's a party!! |
 The terrain undulates into... |
 .....soft hills. |
 Old vehicles are left in the vastness to die and decay. |
 Then the countryside turns flat again. |
 Grain elevators... |
 ....punctuate the countryside. |
 This one was particularly pretty in late afternoon light. |
 At Havre, Montana, we get off the train again.... |
 ...to investigate an old steam engine. |
 Ron has his camera going! |
 It's a perfect stop for Dads and their... |
 ....little sons. |
 Ron's still taking photos. |
 Back on the train, the sky turns lovely! |
 And in the distance we see the Bear Paw Mountains where Chief Joseph surrendered to the US Cavalry. |
 Farms, farms, everywhere.... |
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 ....and lovely clouds!! |
 Then we see rain approaching. The sky is so big and wide that you can... |
 ...see it coming from miles away!! |
 Abandoned farms also appear here and.... |
 ...there. |
 More grain elevators....this one with a fire escape! |
 Lovely scenery makes Montana BIG Sky Country! |
 Matching, HIS and HERS priveys! |
 And more grain storage. |
 The Lewis and Clark.... |
 ....Monument sits on the Blackfeet Indian... |
 ....reservation. Explorers who beat the path for the White man ....and woman. |
 Then in a distance....MOUNTAINS!!! Glacier!!! |
 But in another direction, it's still pretty flat. |
 As we get closer, we realize that they still have snow in places. |
 And I guess you can understand why!! |
 One of the famous lodges with it's mountain backdrop....drop dead gorgeous! |
 ....even though there's still snow. |
 These are all shot from the train. |
 We see LOTS of mountains, but the dark and movement make it hard to shoot. |
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