Eastbound Aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder

Stopping in Havre, Montana....



Taking a snack in the lounge and observation car...



Gazing out the window along the Mississippi river as the sun sets...

Caboose at the Izaak Walton Inn

Our cabin at the Izaak Walton Inn was a retired caboose from the Great Northern Railway...





AB enjoyed his first trip out on snowshoes....





...and making snowshoe snow angels....



And walking among the cabins...



The inn has a model of a 1940's vintage Empire Builder that circumnavigates the dining room captivating AB....





So much action tired him out too...

Westbound Aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder

This Thanksgiving we took Amtrak's Empire Builder to the Izaak Walton in Montana just outside Glacier National Park.

AB and DW prepare to board out local commuter train. From there it's into Chicago's Union Station to board the Empire Builder.....



Boarding the Empire Builder at Chicago's Union Station....



Checking out the train up-close during a stop....



Does the sign refer to the equipment, or the boy?



AB's bunk in our cabin...



Breakfast in the dining car...

Shootin' Hoops at Monkey Joe's

One of AB's cousins had a birthday party at Monkey Joe's today. He liked the free throw game...