Pepin-Minneapolis 2022 Trip, Part One: The train ride out

The view of the Rockies from the dining car, as the Empire Builder crests Marias Pass in Montana. 12 May 2022. Olympus XA2/Kodak Portra 160 Here is Part One (of a planned three) posts about Emee and my trip to the Midwest for the Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour. We took Amtrak's Empire Builder out...

Heading out to Pepin…

Hello friends. My life has been spent inside a blender the past few days. Work has been hectic, and I am getting to leave town today (that be Wednesday May 14th.) Yep, I'll be heading out on Amtrak's Empire Builder to Minneapolis-St Paul. The big reason is to partake in the annual Lake Pepin Three...

(Art) Binging in Bingen (Wash.) or, what I did for New Year’s

I was out of town for new years. I spent it in Bingen, Washington, a very small town 70 miles east of Portland in the Columbia River Gorge. While small and lacking in stuff, Bingen had three very important things going for it: an Amtrak stop (on the Empire Builder), a hostel (The Bingen Schoolhouse...