I have been reading and pondering all the posts and links shared earlier this week.
But in browsing the brochure and Amtrak travel website I see tours tours, hotels, restaurants, etc.
I have lived in a city all my life. I want to get away from cities! LOL
I know what I want, but I need your opinion..am I doing something unheard of? Crazy? Signing myself up for boredom?
Spending tons of money?
My purpose for looking into Amtrak is :
1)Going from Boston to Chicago
2)Picking up the Zephyr and traveling to California.
Then I want to travel in a circle and hop a return train going back to Chicago-Boston from another route.
I don't want to stay in hotels, do the night scene, go to museums, eat in trendy restaurants or hike mountain trails.
I want to ride ride ride far away from concrete , glass and elevators, contemplate,journal, photograph and simply enjoy the scenery I have never experienced in my lifetime..right in my own country.
I want to get a bedroom where I can shut the door and be around people in the lounge or dining room when I want, not when a group is assigned to do something together.
Is this possible, feasible, sensible, do-able? Do people do this or only travel to a final destination with the purpose of sightseeing in certain cities.
With me it's the solitude of theride, not the destination that I am seeking.
HONESTY, PLEASE!
But in browsing the brochure and Amtrak travel website I see tours tours, hotels, restaurants, etc.
I have lived in a city all my life. I want to get away from cities! LOL
I know what I want, but I need your opinion..am I doing something unheard of? Crazy? Signing myself up for boredom?
Spending tons of money?
My purpose for looking into Amtrak is :
1)Going from Boston to Chicago
2)Picking up the Zephyr and traveling to California.
Then I want to travel in a circle and hop a return train going back to Chicago-Boston from another route.
I don't want to stay in hotels, do the night scene, go to museums, eat in trendy restaurants or hike mountain trails.
I want to ride ride ride far away from concrete , glass and elevators, contemplate,journal, photograph and simply enjoy the scenery I have never experienced in my lifetime..right in my own country.
I want to get a bedroom where I can shut the door and be around people in the lounge or dining room when I want, not when a group is assigned to do something together.
Is this possible, feasible, sensible, do-able? Do people do this or only travel to a final destination with the purpose of sightseeing in certain cities.
With me it's the solitude of theride, not the destination that I am seeking.
HONESTY, PLEASE!