Archive for September, 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.
September 21st, 2005
We are all packed and ready to leave on the train tonight. It is hard to pack for 3 different types of activities and keep it all in one medium size bag.
Scheduled departure - 11:15 pm on the Empire Builder out of St. Paul. Train delayed. We actually got on the train about 12:30. So late start, but still ok.
Our bed was all made for us and waiting for us to fall fast asleep. What a start to the trip.
September 21st, 2005
We recently returned from an active vacation trip to Glacier. We had a truly wonderful time. It was the most fun vacation I have ever been on. It was our first “active” type vacation and it was completely low stress. Who would have thought?
Going with our normal vacation planning process, Scott, Bill and I had a bottle (or two) of wine one Sunday night and discussed possible things we could do. After looking at the wonderful Backroads brochures Brenda had lent us, books on the USFS park lodges and train information. We decided to try a Backroads trip to Glacier / Waterton park. Starting and ending with a train trip on the Empire Builder. We booked it Monday am. =) (Just giving brief history.)
So we left on our adventure on August 18th. Here is my continuing version of our trip. =)
September 21st, 2005
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