Day 6 is all about Lake Tahoe.
Let’s skip the ride there and get right to the good stuff.
Resting on the border of California and Nevada, Lake Tahoe is a massive freshwater lake – America’s second-deepest. It’s also a huge tourist draw.
This place was never on my to-do list. But now I would recommend the lake [...]
The trip from Railtown to Sacramento gives everyone a chance to relax. I think most of us are looking forward to unpacking just once for the next three days. We’ll be using the hotel in Sacramento as our base to visit Lake Tahoe, ride the River Train and to explore the California capital.
Our step-on guide [...]
Day 5 of Historic Trains of California is jam packed.
We open in Jamestown to visit Railtown 1897 Historic Park. The peaceful ride out of Sonora brings us into Gold Rush country and it feels like we are really beginning the trains part of the tour.
David, the Tour Manager, keeps everyone entertained with bits of trivia. [...]
After a whirlwind of days on tour, I planned to chill out at the hotel. Spending the day at Yosemite had left me a little tired.
I called home and then decided to jump in the pool. Several of the passengers were doing the same. There’s not a lot of poolside time on a “historic trains” [...]
There are so many great pictures and video of our time in Yosemite. Here’s a wonderful shot that captures a nice moment between two Collette passengers – Bill and Loretta from Pittsburgh.
And some Yosemite video…
Welcome to Day 4.
Last night we stayed in the historic gold rush town of Sonora, tucked in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada’s. There will be time later to talk about this sleepy place and its famous Red Church.
This is the day I’ve been waiting for ever since I first found out I’d be riding [...]
It’s lunch time! But where is Chad?
As we start a wonderful lunch, the other passengers keep asking, “where’s Chad?”
Let me back track. Before we boarded the train, Chad and I tracked down one of the owners – Chris Hart. We needed his okay to take some pictures. Part of our job while riding the [...]
Now for our first historic train. We climb aboard the Sierra Railroad at its historic western terminus in Oakdale. This railroad, founded in 1897, was built to connect California’s Central Valley to the Gold County.
After pulling out from the old fashioned depot the Collette group remain pinned to the windows of our car. Everyone [...]
On day 3 of Historic Trains of California we travel east out of San Francisco and over the Bay Bridge.
Drew, our driver, calls this the “working bridge.” The orange one is nice to look at but this one handles the heavy load.
Already, just from helping him put the luggage onto the motor coach, I [...]
Since I first met her, Cathy Donahue, Collette’s west coast Product Manager has been telling me that the dinner on Fisherman’s Wharf is something the passengers just love. Well, she was right. Neptune’s Palace was fantastic.
This was my first chance to get to sit down and talk with some of the other passengers. Chad [...]
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