Six years ago, I took VIA Rail’s wonderful trans-continental train, The Canadian, and got off in Winnipeg. Two days later—it was about the third week of October—I boarded Train 693, the Hudson Bay, for the two-night, 1100-mile ride north to the little town of Churchill. The train ride—here we are in the town…
Today I thought I would dig out and post a few photos I’ve taken on some past trips. Truthfully, I’m usually dissatisfied with the photos I bring back. I don’t know why that surprises me; my approach to photography is about as basic as it gets: I set the camera on automatic and blaze away,…
You know by now that I’m a big fan of VIA Rail in Canada. I’ve racked up a lot of miles with them and every trip has been worth taking. The big draw, of course, is their famous train, the Canadian, the transcontinental beauty operating between Toronto and Vancouver. (I’ll be making that trip again…
It’s great fun and a good feeling when you’re able to fulfill a long-held desire to visit or see some specific place or event. Over the years, I’ve been awfully lucky in that regard. For instance, a dozen or so years ago, during a three-day stop-over in Vienna, my wife and daughter and I managed…