This is leg 3 of my 9 leg around the country trip. The depature date was October 3rd setting us up for a nice Fall ride. I really wanted to see the leaves change colors.
We went from Chicago Union Station to Reno, Nevada. The California Zephyr was by far the train I was looking forward to most on this trip. It did not disappoint. The Rocky Mountains are spectacular. Even rolling through the corn covered Midwest was fun.
Leg 4 will be Reno to Sacramento and it arguable the Sierra Nevadas are even better than the Rockies.