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Unbearably picturesque.
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We leave the desert and things get colder.
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Plenty of time in our busy train-riding schedule was set aside for napping.
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Ironic or just sad?
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Bryan ignores the beauty to play nintendo.
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More high desert.![IMG_6404.JPG](users/overt/_data/i/users/overt/menalto_albums/friends/20081225/journey/IMG_6404-sm.JPG "IMG_6404.JPG (1391 visits) The train had a "lounge" car which, besides housing the bar, had these wraparound windows ...")
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The train had a "lounge" car which, besides housing the bar, had these wraparound windows for enhanced scenery absorption.
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Even the high desert doesn't look to bad with a frosting of snow.
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Leslie + scenery.
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Bryan enjoys a tangerine while admiring the view out the picture window.
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More beautiful train scenery.
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Leslie loves our pod's view!
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Train scenery.
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Snow out the train window. Once we got high enough for there to be snow on the ground, it remained uninterrupted until we got off in Colorado.![IMG_6379.JPG](users/overt/_data/i/users/overt/menalto_albums/friends/20081225/journey/IMG_6379-sm.JPG "IMG_6379.JPG (1590 visits) Bryan reclines in our "roomette," the smallest sleeper room on the train. We preferred to ...")
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Bryan reclines in our "roomette," the smallest sleeper room on the train. We preferred to call it our "pod."
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our christmas card
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the happy family
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Aunt Clare and Sous, with antlers
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decorated living room
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results of a joint craft project
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the mantle
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our mini-tree
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Debbie and Leslie, with the whole collection
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gifts for Leslie and Debbie's adopted family