Fruits of Labor
On the Rails
Another entry from the BC Scrapbook, these photos chronicle our departure from Canada, as we made our way south, via the Amtrak Coastal Starlight train. From Seattle to San Jose, we had 24 hours of sight-seeing from the rails.
With only a few brief stops where we could actually disembark, Portland, Oregon, offered us the chance to stretch our legs and smell the roses.
Arriving in San Jose, California, we had two days to wander and play with past and future. On one day, we attended a lively Renaissance Faire, full of sarsaparilla, chain mail, and live jousting on horseback. The next day it was The Tech Museum of Innovation, Silicon Valley’s launch pad of all things Geek, with 3D printers and robot building workshops.
Somewhere on that time continuum we came across an abandoned carousel and a giant muffler expert.
Throwbacks
It seems the Archives are caught in a bit of a time delay. I’m still sorting through photos and mementos from our July family trip, a good portion of which was spent in British Columbia.
For our two nights in Victoria, we hunkered down at the quirky Hotel Zed, where a Jenga tower teetered on the corner of the check in counter, their tricked-out Volkswagen shuttled us downtown, and Bob Marley was on the turn table at the listening station in the lobby. Novelty abounded, circa 1973.
A brief walk to the nearby Galloping Goose Trail, and we were gifted a stream-side stroll through tunnels bedecked in psychedelic murals, reaching.
Stretches, forwards and back, in time.
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