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Posted by Olwyn Mary on June 5, 2009, 8:19 pm
Monica Ferris wrote:
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> This started with an invitation to speak at the 2010 EGA national
> convention in Salt Lake City. Flying is such an enormous hassle
> nowadays and I have fond memories of taking a train from San Francisco
> to Milwaukee back in the sixties, so I decided to see about train
> travel again. I really should have considered the Zephyr out of
> Chicago, it's a much more direct route, and the places to stop along
> the way are numerous. But I have wanted to take the Empire Builder
> for years, and so Empire Builder it is to Seattle. And the Coast
> Starlight to Sacramento. And the Zephyr to Salt Lake City. One
> problem: There are no bookstores or needlework shops along the train
> route in Montana. I'm doing two library stops instead, one in Wolf
> Point and another, if things work out, in Havre or Cut Bank. Then
> Spokane (bookstore, probably), then Seattle, then Portland, then
> Sacramento, then Reno, then Salt Lake. I'm traveling with a friend --
> but if any stitchers want to hop aboard for part of the ride, what a
> joyous riot that would be! I will also, of course, be thinking how to
> turn the journey into a mystery novel.
>
> Accommodations are good, from a roomy seat to a suite with a shower --
> though the latter is really costly. What I like is that I can get up
> and move around, from my seat to the lounge to the observation car to
> the dining car.
>
> Because there's only one train a day, when we get off in, for example
> Wolf Point (11:31 am), I'm there until the train comes through again
> the next day, so we'll spend that night in a motel.
>
> Mary Monica
So, I'd love a detailed report. DH and I have been considering the
possibility of taking a train trip now he is retired and can take the time.
Also, if you enjoy it, why not plan to come down here on the City of New
Orleans, from Chicago straight down here, paralleling the Mississippi a
good deal of the way, through the other section of the Heartland?
We have all the big box bookstores here, plus a whole bunch of small,
independent, quirky bookstores, and several resident writers including
Julie Smith (whom I haven't seen recently) and Barbara Colley, whom I
don't know but a friend of mine does.
We also have the Tennessee Williams Fest every spring (although,
personally, given my druthers I druther have Tennessee Ernie).
However, if you were coming to that I might even spring for a ticket.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
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Posted by Gillian Murray on June 12, 2009, 7:52 pm
Monica Ferris wrote:
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>> Monica Ferris wrote:
>>> I am taking a BIG train trip next summer from Minneapolis to Salt Lak=
e
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>>> City (to the EGA convention there), with stops along the way,
>>> including in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Reno. =EF=BF=BD(Obvio=
usly, I'm
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>>> taking the long way!) =EF=BF=BDAre there needlework shops I shouldn't=
miss in
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>>> those cities?
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>o Milwaukee back in the sixties, so I decided to see about train
> travel again. I really should have considered the Zephyr out of
> Chicago, it's a much more direct route, and the places to stop along
> the way are numerous. But I have wanted to take the Empire Builder
> for years, and so Empire Builder it is to Seattle. And the Coast
> Starlight to Sacramento. And the Zephyr to Salt Lake City. One
> problem: There are no bookstores or needlework shops along the train
> route in Montana. I'm doing two library stops instead, one in Wolf
> Point and another, if things work out, in Havre or Cut Bank. Then
> Spokane (bookstore, probably), then Seattle, then Portland, then
> Sacra This started with an invitation to speak at the 2010 EGA national=
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> convention in Salt Lake City. Flying is such an enormous hassle
> nowadays and I have fond memories of taking a train from San Francisco
> tmento, then Reno, then Salt Lake. I'm traveling with a friend --
> but if any stitchers want to hop aboard for part of the ride, what a
> joyous riot that would be! I will also, of course, be thinking how to
> turn the journey into a mystery novel.
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> Accommodations are good, from a roomy seat to a suite with a shower --
> though the latter is really costly. What I like is that I can get up
> and move around, from my seat to the lounge to the observation car to
> the dining car.
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> Because there's only one train a day, when we get off in, for example
> Wolf Point (11:31 am), I'm there until the train comes through again
> the next day, so we'll spend that night in a motel.
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> Mary Monica
Hello Mary Monica,
I truly;y cannot help you with shops; we were up in that part of the=20
world about three years ago for the summer in our RV. We pretty much=20
followed Rte 2 across, which was also the Railroad route.
The scenery is magnificent; we stayed at a campground just south of=20
Glacier Park, and watched the train take this wonderful trip on the side =
of the mountains.
We decided that when the day came we couldn't RV it ( cost or age) the=20
train would be the way to go.
I remember as a young Brit, in the early 50s taking the train from=20
France across to Innsbruck, Austria. It was marvelous.
Enjoy, and have fun. Incidentally, if I remember Cut Bank accurately (=20
the intersection of I-15 and US2), it was a small town. Those are the=20
places which are great to explore.
keep writing, I have enjoyed your books, and posts, since Day 1
Gillian
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Posted by Mag on June 5, 2009, 9:43 am
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>I am taking a BIG train trip next summer from Minneapolis to Salt Lake
> City (to the EGA convention there), with stops along the way,
> including in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Reno. (Obviously, I'm
> taking the long way!) Are there needlework shops I shouldn't miss in
> those cities?
> Mary Monica Pulver
> aka Monica Ferris
Hi MM,
In Portland, don't miss Acorns & Threads. An excellent experience in
the counted cross stitch world!!
http://www.acornsandthreads.com/
Mag, Oregon
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Posted by Susan Hartman on June 5, 2009, 10:06 am
Mag wrote:
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>> I am taking a BIG train trip next summer from Minneapolis to Salt Lake
>> City (to the EGA convention there), with stops along the way,
>> including in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Reno. (Obviously, I'm
>> taking the long way!) Are there needlework shops I shouldn't miss in
>> those cities?
>> Mary Monica Pulver
>> aka Monica Ferris
>
> Hi MM,
>
> In Portland, don't miss Acorns & Threads. An excellent experience in
> the counted cross stitch world!!
>
> http://www.acornsandthreads.com/
>
> Mag, Oregon
Wow! I looked at the shop's newletter, and what great ideas they have! I
love the idea of "class reunions" for unfinished projects. She sounds
like a terrific store proprietor - full of energy, enthusiasm, and ideas.
sue
--
Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
www.dirtylinen.com
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Posted by Mag on June 5, 2009, 12:56 pm
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> Mag wrote:
>>> I am taking a BIG train trip next summer from Minneapolis to Salt Lake
>>> City (to the EGA convention there), with stops along the way,
>>> including in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Reno. (Obviously, I'm
>>> taking the long way!) Are there needlework shops I shouldn't miss in
>>> those cities?
>>> Mary Monica Pulver
>>> aka Monica Ferris
>> Hi MM,
>> In Portland, don't miss Acorns & Threads. An excellent experience in
>> the counted cross stitch world!!
>> http://www.acornsandthreads.com/
>> Mag, Oregon
> Wow! I looked at the shop's newletter, and what great ideas they have! I
> love the idea of "class reunions" for unfinished projects. She sounds like
> a terrific store proprietor - full of energy, enthusiasm, and ideas.
> sue
> --
> Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
> The Magazine of Folk and World Music
> www.dirtylinen.com
Hi Susan - Here in the Portland area we are indeed very, very lucky to have
such an awesome establishment at our doorstep!!
mag
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> convention in Salt Lake City. Flying is such an enormous hassle
> nowadays and I have fond memories of taking a train from San Francisco
> to Milwaukee back in the sixties, so I decided to see about train
> travel again. I really should have considered the Zephyr out of
> Chicago, it's a much more direct route, and the places to stop along
> the way are numerous. But I have wanted to take the Empire Builder
> for years, and so Empire Builder it is to Seattle. And the Coast
> Starlight to Sacramento. And the Zephyr to Salt Lake City. One
> problem: There are no bookstores or needlework shops along the train
> route in Montana. I'm doing two library stops instead, one in Wolf
> Point and another, if things work out, in Havre or Cut Bank. Then
> Spokane (bookstore, probably), then Seattle, then Portland, then
> Sacramento, then Reno, then Salt Lake. I'm traveling with a friend --
> but if any stitchers want to hop aboard for part of the ride, what a
> joyous riot that would be! I will also, of course, be thinking how to
> turn the journey into a mystery novel.
>
> Accommodations are good, from a roomy seat to a suite with a shower --
> though the latter is really costly. What I like is that I can get up
> and move around, from my seat to the lounge to the observation car to
> the dining car.
>
> Because there's only one train a day, when we get off in, for example
> Wolf Point (11:31 am), I'm there until the train comes through again
> the next day, so we'll spend that night in a motel.
>
> Mary Monica