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As I mentioned in my other train reviews, before I reserve travel with a new company to trek across a country, state or city, I always look for detailed reviews of their service to know what I’m getting into and set expectations. However, I often find that these kinds of detailed reviews don’t exist. There …

July absolutely flew by. In fact, it seems like this entire summer is on 4x speed. I give up trying to make sense of it and am instead just going to hold on for the ride. So this is what I got up to in July!  I Went To Maine & New Hampshire My Partner … Continue reading ...

Like I mentioned in my other train reviews, before I reserve travel with a new company to trek across a country, state or city, I always look for detailed reviews of their service to know what I’m getting into and set expectations. However, I often find that these kinds of detailed reviews don’t exist. There …

I’m still here! It’s been 8 years since I took this blog public, which is twice as long as I’ve ever held one job. This is by far my longest running hobby and in those 8 years, I’ve published a post at least every Tuesday. I never thought I would be able to keep up … Contin...

The way this trip came to be was, as it always is with me, pretty random 🙂 . I went to Iceland in 2025 and 2024 during the fall on the way to and from Europe and both times we went we heard, “Oh no – you just missed the Puffins!” I only became a … Continue reading ...