There is a company in Texas that calls itself a convenience store. The name of this outfit is Buc-ee’s, which is guess is a weird spelling of what you and...

Not for me, I’m afraid. Normally, by this time of year I would have made one or two trips and at least one of those would have included one of...

 “Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this (COVID lockdown) is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history.”  -U.S. Attorney General Willim Barr The chief...

Year after year . . . hearing after hearing . . . in report after report, the complaint from Congress has been that Amtrak should at least break even. For...

When traveling as a couple, consider reserving two roomettes across the hall from each other instead of one big bedroom. Yes, if you’re in a Superliner sleeper, you’ll have to...

Most of the time when I travel, I’m going solo. Of course I’ve traveled a lot with my wife and I took my daughter on a cross country train trip...

My apologies: I have neglected this column. There was a time when I put up new posts here five and six times a week. The content ideas just kept coming...

I’m pretty much confined to quarters, although I will admit that I do understand it’s one thing if your “confinement”  is to a small apartment and I have nothing but...

When you live 2500 miles from the nearest land of any significant size, it’s a jet plane that will get you where you need to go. Here in Hawaii, the...

I’ve had several inquiries over the past few weeks from folks wanting to know what the on-board services are like on Amtrak’s long-distance trains. The answer to that is ....