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Glacier Trip - Day 2 - Aug 19

September 21st, 2005

We have the entire day on the train. I keep forgetting how empty North Dakota and most of Montana appear. It is just rolling fields and an occasional town.

We were hoping to have made up some time during the night, but that does not appear to be the case.

One of the new activities on the Empire Builder is an afternoon wine tasting. We happily all signed up. As expected, the wines are passable but nothing we would buy at home. But they had a fun little trivia game that rewarded us with a bottle of wine to take with us. Scott had a little help from his Treo since we were able to get a connection long enough to find out Popeye’s age. 34 in case you wanted to know.

We arrived Whitefish MT around 10 pm. Still a bit late - but not a huge deal. We had reservaations at the Grouse Mountain Lodge and after departing the train, there was a van waiting for us to take us to the Lodge. The service they provide is really nice. The room is your basic large ski lodge style but it is nice to have a big bed. Off to sleep we go.

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