May 11, 2023
We were picked up at the hotel and we boarded the Rocky Mountaineer. The Rocky Mountaineer is a Canadian rail tour company. It isn’t an Amtrak, and it isn’t about getting from point A to point B, it is about train ride and what you see on the ride. We were boarding the train in Moab and heading to Glenwood Spring Colorado where we would spend the night at the Hotel Denver and then board our train in the morning and head to Denver.
We were greeted by our crew – one chef and three servers. These four people weren’t for the entire train, they were for our car, each car had their own chef and servers. It quickly became clear that they were aiming to make this an event.
While on board, we were served gourmet meals, and drinks. On the first day, we started out with hors d’oeuvres and then later dinner. The Rocky Mountaineer employees kept announcing areas of interest and pointing out wildlife. We spotted deer, eagles, eagles’ nests and bison. We were also told that we should expect to see a full moon. I had no idea that people rafting in the Colorado river liked to moon trains as they went by. We saw it a few times!
There was plenty of room and we could wander back to one of the two bar cars or stand on a platform in between the trains to take pictures with unobstructed views. Typically, I am always trying to get the best photograph, on this ride, I decided to focus in on taking it all in and not worry about the pictures.
We arrived in Glenwood springs as the sun was setting. Our hotel, the Hotel Denver was across the street from the train stop. We were handed the keys to our room and didn’t have to check in, our luggage had already been delivered to the room.
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