The End of a Trip and a New Home
In my last post, I promised to publish more photos from our trip. I’ll start with our visit with David’s cousin, Mary and her husband, Jere in their home in Los Angeles.
The entrance to their sweet and welcoming little guest house, where David and I stayed.
Jere is a musician, and Mary, David, and I went to one of his gigs while we were there.
Jere is the guy on the far right with the yellow steel guitar.
Mary took us to the Gamble House (as in Proctor and Gamble) in Pasadena. She is a board member for this house museum, which was designed in the Arts and Crafts style by brothers Charles and Henry Greene in 1908. I did not get a good outside photo, so this one comes from here.
Photo from Metropolis website.
I love Arts and Crafts style homes, so I took way too many photos. Here are several.
Looking out the front door.
The furniture was all custom designed for the house. The beams show how there are no sharp edges. That is a theme throughout the house and in all the furniture.
Soft lighting was another theme in this house museum.
This is taken on the second floor, looking at the stairs to the third floor.
An outside photo. The beams have no sharp edges. The philosophy behind this choice is that sharp edges are not found in nature.
All too soon, it was time to take our leave from Mary and Jere. Mary kindly drove us to the train station.
In my last post, I included photos from our trip up the coast to Emeryville on the Coast Starlight. However, I did not include our time with Eythana Miller in Berkeley, my co-worker at ADSF. We walked on the campus of Berkeley and went up the tower at the top of a hill that serves as a lookout to see as much of San Francisco as possible. However, we could not see the Golden Gate Bridge because of the fog. They have a name for the fog — Carl. Still, it was a great place to see all around.
The Golden Gate Bridge is to the right of the buildings in the skyline off in the distance.
Here is David and me with Eythana and her boyfriend, Joran, at an outdoor cafe.
Eythana kindly was both our overnight host and our friendly transport to and from Emeryville when we got off the train, and again to board for our much-anticipated trip on the California Zephyr. Below are several photos between Emeryville and the beautiful town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Going through the Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada of California.
We were definitely in the Wild West in terms of natural beauty.
For a long time we were following along the same pass as I-70, which you can see in this photo.
One of the many dramatic mesas we saw along our way.
We followed along the Colorado River for many miles. At some point I spotted a herd of elk cooling their heels in the river.
Beautiful Glenwood Springs, Colorado. I regret that we didn’t swim in the hit springs. The cost is prohibitive.
During our long wait at the train station in Glenwood Springs.
Dusk is gathering.
We were told that the scenery between Glenwood Springs and Denver is some of the most spectacular on any Amtrak train. Our train was eight hours late, so by the time all had boarded, it had gotten dark. Now we were passing through the most dramatic countryside in the darkness. I was so incredibly disappointed. It makes me want to go back and take that trip another day. If only it weren’t so far away…
It has taken me too long to finish updating you on our trip. At a later time I will write about settling into our new home in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Tomorrow it will be a month since move-in day, and we are slowly settling in. Physically we settled in pretty well, but we do forget, in all our many moves, how much effort it takes to make all the address and bank changes, and how it takes time until a new place feels like home. More about that in a later post. For now I wish you all a wonderful week.
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Most enjoyable post! Can’t wait to hear about your new home.
Theresa, it is always a treat to see you here. I’m glad you enjoyed the post, and I hope to write about our home sometime soon. I hope you have a wonderful autumn!
Thank you for your many beautiful photos of the special places and people you two saw and met during this trip!
You’re welcome, Nancy. Thank you for stopping by. It is always good to see you here!
As I wrote above, “thank you for your many beautiful photos of the special places and people you two saw and met during this trip!
You’re welcome.
Reading this felt so immediate as
If I were traveling a train with you. Awesome adventure writing. Thanks. Blessings.
Why, Tonia, that is a kind comment… thank you! Great to see you here!
Saloma & David – Congrats on planning & taking the trip of a lifetime! Wonderful photos of places & people you met along the journey. I love train travel & felt I was clickety-clacking along with you. Best wishes in your new home. Vermont misses you, and it’s Pennsylvania’s good fortune to have you back! Sending love, Candelin & George
Hello Candelin and George! It’s wonderful to see you here. We miss our Vermont friends, but we also are enjoying a warmer autumn than we would be in Vermont… that is a blessing. Sending love to you and your family.
My siblings and I traveled last year by Amtrak and got caught with an 8 hour delay also. Hard to like, but that’s train life! We endured it and made it back to Chicago in pretty good time (after visiting Montana etc.)
Hello Melodie. Yes,that is train life in the USA. When I was taking trains in Europe, they were very punctual. It shows how little commitment our government makes to this kind of travel. I wouldn’t have minded so much on other trains, but I really wanted to see that part of our trip. We will need to go back sometime to see it.
Sounds like an interesting trip, and what a bummer to miss the best scenery.
I discovered your blog a while ago, and I’ve read it with great interest. We are from the same neck of the woods and the same background. I grew up in Geauga county between Burton and Troy.
Well hello, longtime ago neighbor! Did you also grow up Amish? I would love to know more! Is it okay for me to email you?
Sure! I would love to talk. I had emailed you once before, but I don’t think we ever connected. I was never Amish, but my parents were up to about the time they got married and I still have first cousins who are Amish. I learned to speak Pennsylvania Dutch when I was young, and I’m glad I did. It’s great to be at Walmart in Middlefield and know what people are saying about you lol! My mother grew up in Holmes County so I still have cousins there too.