Life experience +1! 37-hour train journey on the Coast Starlight
Geographic magazine recommended train route — Coast Starlight ✨
An item on my life bucket list, and I finally completed it! ✔️
🌈 Los Angeles to Seattle, about 35 hours in total, plus stops and delays, roughly a 37-hour slow journey.
This time I booked a Roomette, car 10, left side on the second floor (with a sea view), a very small room with two seats facing each other, surprisingly comfortable to sit in. The seats pull out into a single bed, and another bed can be placed above.
The restroom and shower are shared, with free water and coffee.
Simple meals are provided on board, which can be delivered to the room or you can go to the dining car and share a table with others.
The attendants regularly knock on the door to greet you, and the menu is fixed.
🚂 The train travels from south to north,
leaving the city, along the coastline,
passing forests, towns, farmland, snow-capped mountains, lakes, and rice fields,
finally weaving back into the city.
I saw,
beaches, cliffs, seabirds, surfers, seaside cottages.
From summer seas, autumn red leaves, to winter snow mountains—
rich natural scenery and culture,
like a movie unfolding before my eyes,
as if traveling through the four seasons.
☀️ Although it was shakier than expected,
when sunlight poured through the window,
my body felt warm,
napping when sleepy,
then being awakened by the scenery outside.
The view was as beautiful as an oil painting,
traveling slowly, watching the scenery slowly, letting thoughts settle slowly—
and just like that, 37 hours quietly passed.