A few more Denver details....

 Sorry, but Brian left out a few things. Mostly this:

Elfie is Christine's Seeing Eye Dog. Apparently she has a particularly long tongue and has a regular "blerb". It's so darn cute. She was true to her training and behaved perfectly at the Brown Palace and the theater. 

We also got to see the Hunters Moon rise over Denver, and commented on how different the angle is from Alaska.

The train from Denver to Chicago was a relaxing way to travel, but I recommend only taking the upper bunk in the roomette if you do not experience claustrophobia. I've been in roomier coffins.

Currently watching the rain sweep in off of Lake Michigan. 

~Lucy

Denver and not quite a midnight train...

 Denver was great, we were able to catch up with many friends and make some new ones. We went to a show, "Come from Away" which was fantastic. We also went to the Brown Palace for High Tea.

Lucy and Christine

The Brown Palace Atrium

 

We had a couple of lovely dinners with other friends before we headed downtown to catch the train to Chicago. The train was running a bit late due to a previous medical emergency somewhere in the middle of Colorado, but we made it on the train with enough time to make dinner in the dining car. For the record, Amtrak dining car food is pretty good, much better than airline food...

 

After a wobbly night (apparently they were trying to make up time and the extra speed made it wobble more) we woke to a spooky looking Halloween sunrise in Nebraska.

Where are the pumpkins?

Getting into Chicago by train was pretty fun I must say. We even took an obligatory photo our first day there.

Suck in that gut Brian!

Morning View

Afternoon view after we got rained on...

Now we are relaxing for another week before we head east. Oh yeah, GO PHILLIES!

Brian