A number of people have written me since I wrote the post about the Feather River Canyon detour of Amtrak’s California Zephyr last year, asking me to let them know when I hear about the next such detour.
I’m sorry not to be able yet to report a repeat of that …

One of the ways that many airlines and all of the on-line travel agencies fail to serve customers is by presenting airfare choices for round-trips as an either/or proposition.
Choice 1: I want the lowest fare and I’ll give you my first born if necessary to get it.
Choice 2: I need the full …

Phileo McAlexander, a very good friend dating from my Seattle days (1985-1990), is “looking forward” soon to being able to glow in the dark. Well, that’s a silly take on a serious subject. In fact, she is going to be undertaking a big dose of radiation today in …

Yesterday driving back from Eugene after the marathon I made a long-planned stopover in order to have lunch at the Palace Caf in Ashland, Ore.
If you’re a regular Planes, Trains & Automobiles reader than you may recall the post I wrote last month about Ashland’s Railroad District, an area …

The Eugene Marathon is now history and I’m happy to say it went well.
My time was 3:24:38 for a pace of 7:49 per mile.
I felt good for the first 17 miles and outpaced the 3:20 pace group I started with. But then around Mile 19 they passed me and …

Its Saturday afternoon and Im watching the rain come down. And stop. And start again.
But the weather forecast for tomorrow only calls for showers (today it was rain) and Im hoping theyre later rather than earlier. Please, Mother Nature, get (most) of it out of your system …