June 04, Sunday

What a busy day. Still on East Coast time, Jen and I were up early. We met up with Dennis and sat in the Observation Deck. Dennis was nice and got me coffee when our car attendant made some. At 0630, we went into the dining car and had breakfast.

After, went back to the rooms and finished getting ready. Soon we rolled into Minot ND where Daryn, Keri (his wife), and Eric were waiting. Lots of hugs went around and then we went back to the ObsDeck. Keri baked treats for everyone and Daryn had local ND goodies for me. They rode into Stanley with us and then disembarked. Short, but very fun.

Lots of window sightseeing and just having a nice time was had. Some train stops were longer than others, so we would go outside and check things out.

Lunch came and went. I noticed my ankles swelling so I laid down for a bit. Googled ankle edema and it turns out that it can happen to women in higher elevations.

More stops, and more exploring and conversations. After dinner, back to the ObsDeck for a fantastic tour of Glacier National Park. So beautiful. Sat with Don, another Georger, for that one.

Came back to the room and laid down. After Jen came back, I got up and tried to repack. Not working. Lol

At 0535 am at Pasco, because of track maintenance and a trestle replacement, we will all have to leave the train and they will bus us the rest of the way to Portland. Not ideal, but it's the adventure that will make it fun.

In the meantime, the train will soon separate into a Portland section and a Seattle section when we get to Spokane. I'm sure that will be super noisy and hard to sleep through.