6 Great Days in #Colorado! Day 5: Manitou Springs: The Cog Railroad, Beer, Wine, & Water #Railfans that we are, our penultimate day in Colorado was spent in Manitou Springs, about an hour from Golden, riding the newly restored Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway up and down the mountain, Read more…
The next day (12/13/20) of our 3-week Road Trip from West Virginia to Colorado and back, we went to the National Museum of WWII Aviation: https://www.worldwariiaviation.org/ in Colorado Springs, which I only learned about thanks to a hotel rack card, and took a tour of their aircraft restoration facility, as Read more…
Cass Scenic Railroad Sharp’s Kissing Bridge West Virginia is open for business and #vacation #travel fun! Come on down! NOTE: Due to possible COVID-19 restrictions, which seem to be changing daily, before you travel or book Anything, CALL every place you want to go and make SURE they are open and operating! I Read more…
Wineries! Potomac Eagle Dinner Train West Virginia is open for business and #vacation #travel fun! Come on down! NOTE:Due to possible COVID-19 restrictions, which seem to be changing daily, before you travel or book Anything, CALL every place you want to go and make SURE they are open and operating! Read more…
Barbados Historic Steam Train St. Kitts Railroad As many of you know, Chef Dan and I have the Elkhorn Inn and Theatre, our historic inn, and we have a lot “railfan” guests, as the Inn is right across from the very busy Norfolk Southern “Pocahontas” railroad line; the Elkhorn Inn Read more…
Elkhorn Inn ATV Guests! ATVing from the Elkhorn Inn! ATVing home to the Elkhorn Inn… Believe it or not, one of the main reasons Dan and I chose to save and restore the historic “Coal Heritage Trail” building we would open as the Elkhorn Inn, and move to McDowell Co., Read more…
Pandas! THE Steam Train railfan photo! The Leshan Buddah Steam Train excursion in Sichuan! In planning our month-long trip through China, I worked for several weeks via email with Seven from Absolute Panda Tours, and she helped me craft two truly excellent, full days for us in Chengdu that included Read more…
Tea with the last Cave-Dwellers of Xi’An A Terracotta Warrior and his trusty steed… Our month in China started in Shanghai, and then took us to Beijing. From Beijing we took a Deluxe Sleeper on the night trip up north to Harbin to see the Ice Festival and other sites. Read more…
Harbin Ice Festival At the Tiger Park! Jewish Synagogue Museum, Harbin When I was planning our trip to China and realized that Dan and I would be there at the end of the world-famous Harbin Ice Festival I knew we just HAD to go! Harbin is WAY up north- Dan Read more…
Shanghai at night on the Huangpu River Classic 1930s Jazz at the Jazz Bar at the Peace Hotel Cruise on the Huangpu River The Bullet Train to Beijing! As I mentioned in my previous post, we first went to the historic Peace Hotel on our Shanghai-Lander “Breakfast and Bund” Tour, Read more…