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We are trying to do a quick and dirty weekend away for valentines day weekend/wife's birthday.

Thinking Cancun...can't get much dirtier, amirite?
 
ill said:
We are trying to do a quick and dirty weekend away for valentines day weekend/wife's birthday.

Thinking Cancun...can't get much dirtier, amirite?
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You gonna give her a dirty Sanchez?
 
ill said:
We are trying to do a quick and dirty weekend away for valentines day weekend/wife's birthday.

Thinking Cancun...can't get much dirtier, amirite?
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A back alley in New York would be dirtier!
 
My wife's cousin is getting married in Colorado this summer. Money is a little tight for us lately. My wife's aunt offered us her Amtrak rewards points, which should basically cover a train ride to Denver. We've got $400 in credits from Southwest from a delayed flight home from my brother's wedding to defray the cost of plane tickets back. Two days in a train is probably not ideal, but the kids will probably find it fun for about an hour or two.
 
Guy Incognito said:
My wife's cousin is getting married in Colorado this summer. Money is a little tight for us lately. My wife's aunt offered us her Amtrak rewards points, which should basically cover a train ride to Denver. We've got $400 in credits from Southwest from a delayed flight home from my brother's wedding to defray the cost of plane tickets back. Two days in a train is probably not ideal, but the kids will probably find it fun for about an hour or two.
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I wish my cousin was getting married in CO...I'd be all over that.

Instead she is getting married in Ibiza, which I don't think we will be attending.
 
ill said:
I wish my cousin was getting married in CO...I'd be all over that.

Instead she is getting married in Ibiza, which I don't think we will be attending.
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One other nice thing is that Ham is enrolled in the free national parks program, so when we go out there we can maybe get to the Continental Divide in RMNP. Didn't have time to squeeze it in when we were out there 2 years ago. This time we're staying in Estes Park, so we should have plenty of time to make the drive.
 
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Guy Incognito said:
One other nice thing is that Ham is enrolled in the free national parks program, so when we go out there we can maybe get to the Continental Divide in RMNP. Didn't have time to squeeze it in when we were out there 2 years ago. This time we're staying in Estes Park, so we should have plenty of time to make the drive.
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I've only hit up the Black Canyon in CO and it was not a long visit. I'd go back. Telluride is cool too.
 
Why is it so difficult to get paid for reimbursements? I literally filled out everything I had to do and yet for some reason, "You did not complete this form correctly"
 
Guy Incognito said:
My wife's cousin is getting married in Colorado this summer. Money is a little tight for us lately. My wife's aunt offered us her Amtrak rewards points, which should basically cover a train ride to Denver. We've got $400 in credits from Southwest from a delayed flight home from my brother's wedding to defray the cost of plane tickets back. Two days in a train is probably not ideal, but the kids will probably find it fun for about an hour or two.
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How long of a train ride would it be? I've never done Amtrak but i've wanted to
 
ill said:
We are trying to do a quick and dirty weekend away for valentines day weekend/wife's birthday.

Thinking Cancun...can't get much dirtier, amirite?
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Nicer places in the Playa Del Carmen area.
 
ill said:
I've only hit up the Black Canyon in CO and it was not a long visit. I'd go back. Telluride is cool too.
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RMNP was nice, we did a couple of spots near the eastern entrance when we were there in '23. We were staying in Boulder at the time, so we had a bit of a drive to get there and then go back. I wanted to do the divide then, but I also don't know the road and didn't want to have to do some crazy drive back in the dark, since I don't know how well-lit the highway through the park is. My experience with Skyline Drive/Blue Ridge Parkway is that there's minimal lights and I'd risk hitting an elk or some shit.
 
redseat said:
How long of a train ride would it be? I've never done Amtrak but i've wanted to
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Almost 2 full days. It's like a day or so to Chicago, and then another 20-ish hours to Denver. There's a couple different options to Chicago. I personally might take the less time one on my own, but I don't want to keep track of my kids for 4 hours in Pittsburgh and/or DC. Would just be easier to keep everyone relatively contained in the train.

I've taken Amtrak once, from Philly to Greensboro when I was in college. Slow as hell, but it was nice in a way. You could get up and move around at least. Would absolutely have taken the train again over taking Greyhound, which I also did once.
 
Guy Incognito said:
Almost 2 full days. It's like a day or so to Chicago, and then another 20-ish hours to Denver. There's a couple different options to Chicago. I personally might take the less time one on my own, but I don't want to keep track of my kids for 4 hours in Pittsburgh and/or DC. Would just be easier to keep everyone relatively contained in the train.

I've taken Amtrak once, from Philly to Greensboro when I was in college. Slow as hell, but it was nice in a way. You could get up and move around at least. Would absolutely have taken the train again over taking Greyhound, which I also did once.
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Now I'm intrigued by riding in a train somewhere. Sounds like it could be a good adventure.
 
redseat said:
Why is it so difficult to get paid for reimbursements? I literally filled out everything I had to do and yet for some reason, "You did not complete this form correctly"
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it's not like you're trying to get the gas rebate from Nathan for You.
 
basement bias said:
Now I'm intrigued by riding in a train somewhere. Sounds like it could be a good adventure.
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We thought about round tripping it by train at first, but that's 4 whole days of travel. Don't know if we'd survive that. This would be my first time actually being on the ground in states like Kentucky, Iowa, and Nebraska.
 
Guy Incognito said:
We thought about round tripping it by train at first, but that's 4 whole days of travel. Don't know if we'd survive that. This would be my first time actually being on the ground in states like Kentucky, Iowa, and Nebraska.
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Have to look at the routes as I think there is a stop not too far away the leads to Chicago. Probably wouldn't go too far with our schedules but it would be an experience.
 
basement bias said:
Now I'm intrigued by riding in a train somewhere. Sounds like it could be a good adventure.
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I'm right on the line between New Orleans and Chicago. So we take the Amtrak to New Orleans on occasion. It's the best way to travel, IMO.
 
Guy Incognito said:
We thought about round tripping it by train at first, but that's 4 whole days of travel. Don't know if we'd survive that. This would be my first time actually being on the ground in states like Kentucky, Iowa, and Nebraska.
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