Monday 4th April As the day broke we could just see across the Hudson River and it was raining. On the television however, only tens of miles from here it had been snowing and was below freezing. Our mission today though was to visit The One World Observatory on top of the One World Trade …
Sunday 3rd April We awoke at 8:30 with 60mph winds lashing around the building but clear skies from an Arctic weather system making the views amazing. This morning we went to see how much the southern end of Manhattan Island had changed since our last visit. So much of the riversides has been changed to …
Saturday 2nd April It was a wet morning so we delayed breakfast. Following this we explored the High Line. This is an elevated park and walkway recently opened on the trackbed of the railway that linked all of the docks and wharves along the Hudson River with the processing plants in Lower Manhattan and further …
Friday 1st April Welcome to New York City! We awoke this morning to see from our bedroom window a cruise ship that had moored on the Hudson at the end of West 49th Street. So we went somewhere to avoid the crowds! Just off East 42nd after Grand Central Railway Station and the Chrysler Building …
Thursday 31st March Last night we left Chicago in darkness and rain which continued until late morning when we reached New York State. Our train was split at Albany, the State capital with one section going to Boston and ours to New York City. Albany is on the River Hudson and before railways was the …
Wednesday 30th March Overnight we crossed North Dakota and in the early hours arrived in Montana. This morning at around 7:30 we arrived at St.Paul-Minneapolis which is a service point for fuel and water for the train. The station is called ‘Midway’ as it is not only midway between the two cities but also midway …
Tuesday 29th March We are still on the train! Today has been a big day for the journey as during the night our section of the train was joined by the section from Portland, Oregon. When we woke we were still crossing the snow covered Cascade Mountains and following the Columbia River. The smoothness of …
Monday 28th March Today is another getting there day only this time we had chance for a leisurely lunch at Pike Brewery and Restaurant. Delicious! In the late afternoon we joined the long distance train called the Empire Builder which is to take us over the next 2 and a bit days to Chicago, however, …
Sunday 27th March As it is Sunday our mission was to eat Sunday lunch again, having achieved this each weekend since departure. We decided to do this Downtown and so to get there we went by the 1962 Monorail which is an exciting 2 minute ride where, if you are lucky enough to get the …
Saturday 26th March We awoke to an amazing view of the rising sunlight illuminating freshly fallen snow on the northern Cascade Mountains. These mountains form an arc around Seattle and some of the peaks are volcanoes because this is the North American section of the Pacific Rim of Fire. Our first port of call today …