Travelling to New Orleans

I'm sitting in the railway station, got a ticket to my destination, but no train yet in sight. We found a bus that goes directly from LAX to Union Station for $7 per person! Much less than a taxi I'm sure, as it was quite a long ride.

It turns out the delay was due to a 6.3 earthquake, and they had to check out the line to make sure it was safe! News Flash! Now upgraded to 7.2!

Three hours and a couple of drinks into the first train journey, this is awesome! Saw mountains (hills?) with snow on that seemed to excite some of the other passengers.



Our roomette is very small but much better than just a seat.

We are now stopped who knows where while there is a more thorough check of the track as we just got the news of the earthquake upgrade. Who knows when we will arrive in New Orleans, but we have our duty free bourbon and a good meal coming up so we're OK!

Hmm, a 2 hour delay now while they check out the track, think we are close to the epicenter, but we have are pretty comfortable, could be worse!

Found out in the night that there was a medical emergency on board. We were stopped for hours until an ambulance appeared and four people with torches boarded the train. No one got off and the ambulance went away so I guess they took him off at the next station. We had breakfast travelling through Arizona past a forest of huge cacti. A lot of the route has been alongside freeways and we have been amazed at how many RVs there are on the road, lots of purpose built ones, but lots of fifth wheels too.

Free wifi at Tuscon Arizona!


;-) Ann-a-Gram