We have arrived in Lamy, Nm and are at the train station waiting for the train.

Part of the joy of train travel is what we are doing right now, waiting for a train.

There is something especially exciting about when the time for the arrival gets close. You step out to trackside and peer down the tracks as far as you can see.

Then, you hear it, a distant horn followed by spotting the headlight of the locomotive.

There comes the train you are about to board to take you on your journey.

Most do not get to experience anything like this. Air travel just does not have the arrival that a train has.

Just one of the many things I like about train travel.

That is right, the Mashburn family is heading out to visit the big apple.

We will be departing Thursday, June 25th and returning July 4th.

Of course, we again will be using our favorite transport to get us there, Amtrak.

We hope you will enjoy sharing a bit of our journey with us as I will be updating this blog as we travel. If you would like to receive an e-mail whenever a new post is made, put in your e-mail address on the right hand column and press the SEND button.

We are very excited and can’t wait to get started. Here is an overview of our itinerary…

I am going to attempt to add some video clips this year, especially of the train trip since I will have plenty of time on the train to edit them.

Hope you enjoy!