Whatever you decide to do---one thing is truly spectacular. To get on board a Vista Dome car that courses through Feather River Country. In the days I referred to it was run by Denver Rio Grande Western (people said Dangerous and Rapidly Growing Worse). Truly a beautiful ride as is the Starlight on the west coast (Used to be Soutehrn Pacific). From the East the train that runs along the Hudson and then turns toward Chicago is also magnificent (then called the Pacemaker (NY Central---long gone)---(before Dick Cheney used it to keep pumping us up). I do not know if that still exists---but in all areas the western routes are the most spectacular.

Bill Hahn