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The coastline north (actually west) of Santa Barbara. |
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More coastline, with offshore oil rigs. |
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Talking with the porter at a station stop. |
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A railroad water tank, converted. Old ones had pull-down spouts. |
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Lake at Klamath Falls, OR. Fog persisted in the higher country. |
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High-country river through the pines. Sacramento River? |
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Same river, another view. |
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Snow started in the higher country. |
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And continued - much more evident on return trip. |
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Dining car was always an active place. |
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A bit gloomy but pretty, in Oregon. |
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Another scenic Oregon view. |
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Can't get enough Oregon fog! |
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And yet another view of the Northwest's scenery. |
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Amtrak relaxation. |
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Horse-from-junk art at a downtown Seattle office building. |
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The city's Thanksgiving parade gets set at the Bon Marche store's corner. |
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That just has to be a snow machine... |
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Yes, it was a snow machine; the dolphin seems a little out of his element? |
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And the clean-up crews with their blowers and vacuum truck are set to clean up all the paper "snow". |
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The city fish market, next stop. |
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A visit to the very first Starbuck's store, at the market. |
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And the exterior of the Starbuck's. |
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The fish market. |
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They were actually throwing fish here, ... |
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..but was unable to catch it with the camera. |
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Another attempt... |
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Missed again. |
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A view of the Space Needle from Karen and Duncan's dining room. |
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And a view from the rear deck. |
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Tacoma rail station, converted to a courthouse. |
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Replacement Tacoma Narrows Bridge. |
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Built to replace a failed bridge which only had a 4-month lifetime... |
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...which looked similar, but was not built... |
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...to withstand the high winds prevalent here. |
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This one's doing much better. |
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Really! He's relaxed! |
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The Coast Starlight timetable. |
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The parlour-car manager doubling as wine-tasting expert. |
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Horseshow curve near Cuesta Grade, to gain/lose elevation. |
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The train on the horseshoe curve. |