Greetings from Los Angeles

Our experience on the Coast Starlight train was very good.  The train arrived in LA right on time, the first of our trains to do so.  We left Seattle on Monday morning and made our way south through Washington, Oregon, and California.  The scenery throughout was great.  There was really a little bit of everything:

The Cascades(which were even prettier in Oregon than in Washington):

More farmland:

Sunsets over the mountains:

Drier, hilly country:

The Pacific Ocean:

We even got to pull a private car at the back of our train.  This is Dad's dream trip (and at $3000 a day, it is going to remain Dad's dream trip):

The train itself was fine.  I slept surprisingly better than I though I would.  The food wasn't too bad, though I'm getting a bit tired of the limited options.  Our meal companions were mostly interesting people, including one guy who gave us a signed copy of a book he wrote.  I continue to be the superior cribbage and Uno player, though Dad is doing better than before.  The wifi on the train wasn't working, but that was ok - there was plenty of pretty scenery to keep me occupied.

LA's Union Station is a beautiful old station, probably the most attractive we've seen so far.  I think Seattle's will be nice looking but it is currently undergoing massive renovations.  I'll update on what we did in LA later on.

Pictures of the trip can be seen here (album 1) and here (album 2).  It's a lot of scenery, many pictures of Dad napping, and very little else.