I was sorry to leave Salt Lake City: Jenny and I had a nice shopping expedition to City Creek Mall - 5 stars on TripAdvisor for being very CLEAN but with signage so discreet it was hard to find anything. I bought a handbag in Macy's, 50% off then another 30% for today: checkout girl asked "are you a stranger?" Me: "yes"; she "well I'll see what I can do" which was an additional 10% off. Nearly gave it to me.
We had dinner at the Bombay Hut - very good Indian - then watched a movie filmed around Park City until it was time to leave for the train. SLC is less salubrious around the railway station, people sleeping rough on the sidewalks and others drifting around outside the waiting room but the train was on time and we boarded last because we had tiny sleepers. I quickly chose the bottom bunk leaving David to battle with climbing up to his narrow hard shelf above. Not a great sleep though the quiet steady movement of the train is soothing.
After breakfast (included on our ticket and ok not great) we found seats in the observation car and for the next 6 hours watched the most amazing scenery.
David was in seventh heaven identifying all the trees: in the drier parts, as above, dominated by ponderosa pine then in the mountains around Donner Pass it was spruce, fir and Douglas Fir.
Plus maple and oak at Donner Lake.
It was a mesmerising trip and no way could we read until out of the mountains.
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