6th
May
2007
Naples carries the well earned reputation as being one of Florida’s finest towns. Located on the sun drenched beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. For an age, Naples has been the regular winter retreat for the wealthy Americans who are looking to escape the drudgery and cold of their home State and come to the enchanting and warm climate of Naples. Here they can bask in the sun and enjoy the beautiful beaches, people and weather.
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6th
May
2007
We were both looking forward to the trip. My sister had flown in from Washington State. We were going to travel across country by train on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, a train that winds Southwest from Chicago through Missouri, Kansas, the edge of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and through the Mojave Desert to California.
After spending a few days with family, we departed early one afternoon from Penn Central station in Baltimore. After a short trip to Washington D.C. we boarded the train that was to take us out to Chicago. By the first evening, we had traveled through West Virginia and into Ohio about the time we decided to settle down. We had figured on sleeping in the coach but soon found out that a dozen squealing kids and seats not made for sleeping wouldn’t make for a fun trip. Fortunately there was one available, and we were quite relieved to spend the rest of the evening in our compact sleeping car watching the snow covered passing towns.
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