Greetings from the Upper Berth

[figmo]

I am situated in my pull-down upper berth in our sleeper car. It is really tiny and downright cramped in here, but Amtrak has ways of dealing with that kind of thing.

The train is currently in the Emeryville station. dimakoi says it's supposed to have arrived in Emeryville around two hours ago, which means we're two hours behind. I guess that's par for

Comments

[kevin_standlee]

I hope you had a good trip, and that you had a nice breakfast view of the Cascades. I've been over the route many times, and breakfast through the mountains with snow falling outside is one of the prettier things I've ever seen.

My experience is that once you get your "train legs," you'll be much better off. And I do hope you got to make good use of the Pacific Parlor Car, as that extra lounge for first class (sleeping car) passengers is only on the Coast Starlight. All other long-distance Amtrak trains have only the one lounge car, not the two bracing the dining car the way the Starlight does.

[figmo]

I didn't bring my guitar, but I did bring my computer (which is where I write songs anyway).