Trains, Trains!

Onward home to Vancouver Washington this morning aboard the Talgo made 80 mile per hour Amtrak trains. Its wonderful to be able to see all the lush greenery and islands from the San Juans to Northern Thurston and Pierce County Islands in the south.

This trip takes about 6 to 8 hours, depending on train traffic and stops. Its such a wonderful train ride that I have been doing for more than a decade!

Then on to Cowlitz county and the Chehalis and Cowlitz Rivers along with the wonderful molehills of Southwest Washington until we finally pull into the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad right across from the Port of Vancouver. (Too bad they built trees to cover up the Car Crushing - Metal crushing operation. I LOVE watching them crush up all of that metal! What a great reminder of our great recycling programs for bigger metal items!)