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See the U.S.A. a different way.

ByJim Loomis 09/18/202309/18/2023

I live in Hawaii. That means when I travel anywhere out of state, I‘m faced with at least a five-hour flight. Usually it’s to Los Angeles, which offers me a choice of three long-distance trains on which I can continue my journey:  1. The Coast Starlight goes north to San Francisco and from there on…

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Superliner Bedrooms Get a C-Minus.

ByJim Loomis 06/07/202306/07/2023

I have just returned home from a two-week trip to Connecticut and—this will come as no surprise—I Flew to the West Coast and took Amtrak from there and back. To start my journey, I flew to Los Angeles on American Airlines and I returned to Maui from Seattle on a Hawaiian Airlines flight. There is…

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This is Why I Travel.

ByJim Loomis 11/17/202211/17/2022

It’s hard to explain why I enjoy traveling so much. Part of it is meeting different people with different interests and different perspectives. I rarely get into deep discussions with strangers, but it’s interesting to hear about their lives: where they’re going, what it’s like where they live . . . nothing too personal, but cares…

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About the Next Several Posts.

ByJim Loomis 10/30/202210/30/2022

Some years back, I pitched a story idea to International Living magazine.  I proposed to travel all the way across the North American continent in Canada, from Halifax on the Atlantic Ocean to Vancouver on the Pacific, a total of some 4,000 miles. Apparently what caught the attention of the magazine’s editor was that I…

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