Living on a train?

[plutherus]

So, I was poking around on the Amtrak site, doing some rough estimates and pre-planning for a trip I'm thinking of taking next year.

If I zigzag around the country a bit and buy tickets a month or more in advance, I can get from Eugene to New York, with several stops here and there, in about three weeks, for about $1200. I'm sure if I investigated it enough and searched for sales and planned more carefully, I could probably stretch that into a month pretty easily for the same price. This is for a private room on each train that's more than a few hours of the journey.

In other words, I could live on a train, indefinitely criss-crossing the country, for less than it costs to rent a studio apartment in Portland. And the train includes cleaning, linen service, and all meals...

Comments

[amritarosa.livejournal.com]

That sounds like quite the adventure. Promise me if you do this that you will journal about it!

[plutherus.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely!
My thought was that at some point I'd sequester myself on a train to finish up the last re-write of my novel before sending it off to agents. In between writing, stop at a few cities to sightsee and/or visit old friends. But mostly sit in my cabin and write while the scenery rolls slowly by my window.

And, definitely, also write about the trip as it goes on.