Those of us privileged to live in Hawaii seldom get any sympathy from mainland folks when we complain about the occasional downside. For instance, when a mail order company whacks...
It now appears that the cancellation of Amtrak’s second daily Cascades train between Seattle and Vancouver may be averted after all. (See previous post for details.) Politicians in Vancouver, which...
A year or so back, to coincide with the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Amtrak began a second daily round trip for their Cascades service between Portland, Oregon and...
Imagine, if you will, that you’re a U.S. citizen – born and raised – traveling on the Lake Shore Limited from Chicago to visit your ailing mother in Boston. After...