Hi!
I hope you are well. This is my thoughts on the upcoming week.
Overview
Heading back (briefly) to MN with my good buddy.
Our travel itinerary, modes of transportation, and my feelings on each.
How we passed the time while onboard Amtrak for 60 hours.
Minnesota (but first, Vegas)
My good buddy and I will be leaving the Bay Area on a midmorning flight to Las Vegas, stopping for about 3 hours in that city before beginning our second leg. A few hours later, we will be to my parents’ house outside of Minneapolis. A few days at my family home before we’re off again, and this upcoming part is the majority of the travel duration.
Why Amtrak?
A few reasons, the most enticing one for me is novelty. I love making the drive from MN to CA, but it’s just so expensive, especially if you drive both directions. The freedom to detour and stay as you please is amazing, especially if you are unconcerned with your ride breaking down.
My next reason is more logistically-based. Another very good buddy of mine gave me his electric guitar and amp setup, this is amazing, but cumbersome to take on planes! When I found out about the Amtrak policy to bring a medium-sized instrument (like this guitar) for only a $10 fee, I then realized Amtrak was definitely the way to go to bring this guitar, as well as some other treasures, to my home in CA.
The bonus reason is that I can see the country with modern conveniences at a relatively cheap price. We stop in Portland for about as much time as we will have in Vegas, so I think a comparison of each layover would make a lot of sense.
How will we pass the time?
That I don’t know. I’ll have to get back to you. I have some ideas though.
Goodbye for now
Thanks for reading this far.
Cya l8r n3rds