The train ride was and fun. And long :) Not too much scenery as it was a night train. We kept ourselves busy with movies on a DVD player and reading and sleeping. We woke up to the sunrise somewhere in California and rode the rest of the way in to Los Angeles where we picked up our last train.
We almost missed the train because the information desk gave us the wrong information. I guess that part of the sign fell off - The MISinformation Desk is what it probably said.
This part of the trip was lovely as the train followed the coastline all the way to San Diego. The ocean is a beautiful green/blue. Not what I remember of the East coast. Much darker blue over there.
So we get in around noon and get to the hotel and try to wash the train off of ourselves. All the time losing our balance and feeling dizzy as if the room was rocking.
Mark and Tamara had a "Hail and Fair Well" function to go to that evening which worked out fine for us as we were quite a bit more travel-weary than we thought. We decided to just get settled and rest up to meet the Lawrences the next day.
