Time Traveled

You get more, traveling cross-country by train than by plane: More views. More meals. And more stories to tell when you pull into the station. No question, Amtrak's California Zephyr stars as my vacation's highlight.

But trains take more, too ... more time. Between here and Chicago? About 49 hours more.

So ... Tuesday I buckled into a middle seat, book in hand.

Vacation was over. School starts loomed.

There was suddenly no place like home, and no better way to ruby-slipper there than a jet.




Chasing the sunset? Just an unexpected bonus.