2023 Cal/Can Trip

Notes from the road — or the tracks, in this case.

This was a bucket list trip — from East to West, New Hampshire to California and back via Canada. We used a family wedding as an excuse for it. Like our previous vacation back in 2015 — the Cross-country, Whistle Stop Book Tour with Flash readings — we went by train. Or that was our intention. The first train — Amtrak 49/Lake Shore Limited — had a “service disruption” and then got canceled due to a mudslide. So we (Carl) ended up driving us all the way to Chicago. The passenger seat brake was absolutely useless by the end of it.

Explore the galleries from our trip below. You can also see a map of our journey here.