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Written by Lindsay Korst
gngoat@gngoat.org
Alaska by Rail 2025
Special Interest Tours - Trains Magazine
Saturday, September 13
Day Ten
Epilogue - Heading Home
Summary of our trip.
The Pluses:
1. Our tour was flexible enough for us to visit the above.
557 was one of the highlights.
2. The food was almost uniformly good. Three
squares a day.
3. Luxury accommodations throughout.
4. They broke up train riding into shorter segments - Baolu
appreciated this.
5. Having our luggage taken care of the entire trip was a huge
plus.
6. Goldstar class on the Denali Star train was definitely worth
it. Each ticket included a complementary meal and two free drinks from the
bar! What's not to like, for a couple borderline alcoholics?
7. Molly, Rachel and Ben were the best guides and motor-coach
driver we could have hoped for. They held the whole thing together and
made it enjoyable. Many thanks, guys!
8. It was nice to just sit back and concentrate on my photography
of the trains.
The Minuses:
1. The tour was a bit long (ten days). We were starting to
drag along towards the end. We generally plan our own trips for just seven
days or less.
2. When traveling with a group, you move with the group (no
leaving early to go back to the room, etc.).
3. The constant Seattle-type rain. Which we pretty much
expected, having lived there for many years.
Towards the end, we became homesick. And I caught a nasty cold. By Day Ten, it
was time to leave The
Final Frontier and head back to the land of Famous Potatoes.
THE END
 
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