Soon after arriving in Seattle, Hope received some sad news. Her maternal grandmother had passed away, and the funeral was now being planned. In addition to grieving the passing of her grandma, this also meant that we had to cancel the rest of our trip plans. In addition to our planned trip together to Glacier, I cancelled the remai…

Sleeping in coach class on an overnight Amtrak train is hard. For me, dealing with this discomfort (as required when maximizing a USA Rail Pass) was an intentional part of my trip experience, the closest thing I would get to the hardship of a long day's walk on the Camino de Santiago. During my trip, which featured five overnigh…

After a lovely week in the San Francisco Bay Area, it was time to continue my journey northward to Portland and Seattle, this time by myself. In planning my trip, I was particularly excited about taking the Coast Starlight, which runs the span of the west coast from Los Angeles all the way to Seattle. I have driven this journey seve…