Yesterday, we had the chance to hop aboard “The Logger” train at Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad, just minutes from where we are staying at Tenaya Lodge at the southern gate of Yosemite National Park. The narrow-guage steam locomotive once powered through the hills here, helping lumber barons log the area until 1931. Today, you can ride…
Last weekend, as my one-car family came out of its post-flu haze, I was inspired to hop aboard Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor line with my youngest for a day trip to visit relatives in Sacramento. It’s a trip our family’s made several times in the past, now complicated by the fact that we have too many…
For those who missed the earlier post, we’re looking at “Best holiday travel moments with children” this week. Post your comment to the previous post to share your own moment and possibly win a signed (and gift-wrapped if you like) copy of Travels with Baby. Details in the last post. This snapshot is from one…
Ever since the first mention of this year’s Thanksgiving, the girls have been anxiously awaiting their next trip on what they are calling “The Thanksgiving Train (exclamation point).” I can relate. When I was young, my family traveled by train over many Thanksgiving weekends from Oregon to Seattle to visit relatives. For my brother and…