When they say, “World-Famous San Diego Zoo”, they ain’t kidding! My daughter had arranged for a kind of insiders tour and it included a close look at a number of very special animals. For instance, an Arctic Wolf. This gy would look around placidly, then — quite sudden,y — would go almost rigid and…
During the night, the Lake Shore Limited crosses up-state New York, a corner of Pennsylvania and heads into Ohio. I raise my window shade to the soft light of dawn. We’re in Toledo and crossing the Maumee River just before it empties into Lake Erie. Breakfast in the dining car is enjoyable because I’m seated…
I had one night to spend in Chicago before catching Saturday’s Southwest Chief to Los Angeles. The private rail car in which our group traveled from Washington to Chicago was to be parked in the Chicago rail yard for another two days, so I stayed aboard for that Friday night. The Sears Tower dominates the…