In 1998 I made my first cross country train trip. My daughter took me to Pikes Place and her favorite music store which is very visual. Hope it is still there. Image made here is from a transparency and available as a Giclee print. This week only $79.50 tax included printed full frame on 8 x 10 photo paper. Also The Providence Door and Red Stripe and Roller Blades. Priority mail included add $20 for Fedx. If you want a print send an email and put a check in the mail. enjoy pjc
Amtrak heading West On the Empire Builder
Well I have wandered around this train trip for months now sometimes chronologically and sometimes just wandering. Lately I have been at a loss for words. Those of you who know me may find that hard to believe. There will be more images from the journey perhaps some of the non people images intermingled with new images and re thinking thoughts that have been thought before.
August 17th we arrived in Olympia.
As I scanned this image today I noticed the Chicago sweatshirt. One of the first building blocks of the Amtrak community began in Chicago. Union Station a large food court I sat at a table and struck up a conversation with Rick. “Where you headed?” his reply Olympia “me too.” He said “I’m going to my brothers wedding on Sunday.” I said “I’m going to my daughters wedding on Sunday.” Long pause…………………………………….. Are we going to be related? No just a coincidence, just a beginning to the westward journey. Rick assisted on lighting of the top photo here holding the fill light as we bounced up into the Cascades.
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Photographic Art Portraits in Studio
Amtrak still heading West
It isn’t so much the Iron Horse that makes train travel such an adventure. It is the people who chat and bond as you wiz across this beautiful country. The cafe car a cold soda with this young women on her way to Evergreen College in Olympia Wa. where I was also headed to see my daughter. We talked of the future and the past.
