Archive for September 12th, 2018

Vacation Recap 2018, Part 6

Continued from last week

Day 9

We awoke rather cold, and early. I took a couple of the kids back to the lounge car so we could sit with the huge windows and see the scenery. The problem with the large windows is that there is not as much between you and the weather, so that car was even colder.

The conductor came through the car and made sure we knew our stop was coming up soon, so we gathered our things and made sure everyone was packed up and ready to go. Whitefish was a slightly longer stop, as they had to unload not only our checked bags but others’ as well. But the conductor treats every stop the same – be ready to go or they’ll leave with you (or if you’ve stepped out for fresh air, they’ll leave without you).

Here our first foray onto Montanan soil. Whitefish, MT, in particular.

image of the Amtrak station in Whitefish

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