California Zephyr. Day 2. Part 1.

June 15, 2014 1:12pm

Sleeping was pretty comfortable, but very cold. Good that we had our blankets. During the night I woke up several times and the most fascinating views were the factories, which are highlighted and look like something space-alike. I also woke up when we were passing Salt Lake City, because I for some reason thought that would be nice to see. But we were too far away from the lake itself as well as from the city, so it was no point. 

There are by the way lots and lots of plugs everywhere in the train, so unlike our ferry trip I don't have to worry about saving the battery of my iphone, which I use to take photos. Today we are spending lots of time at the observation deck, because there is something to see. In the morning we were still in Utah and the landscape there was not very interesting. Mostly plain and very dry. But as soon as we entered the Colorado it becamce much more picturesque. Our route is lying almost all of the time along the Colorado river. The river changes it's width throughout the way. In the parts where it is wider, it is also very calm, but in the narrowest parts it is really wild. And the river is everywhere deep brown, not at all transparent. There are rafters riding along the river and some people bathing. Also there are mountains surrounding the river and they have beutiful colors, very juicy red/brown/almost orange sometimes. There are animals can be seen from time to time. Horse ranchos, cows, also we've seen several deers and a rabbit. So, if yesterday I was reading a lot of time, now I cannot make myself start reading yet. 

We also have stops, not very often and not very long, but we take any opportunity to go outside and stretch our legs. It turned out, that the windows of the train are a little bit tanned, so when we came out first time today our eyes were struck with the brightness. 

Another nice thing in the train is that today we have volunteers, who narrate along the way. They tell some things about the places we pass, history and geography.