Will be imitating GBN this summer as we take a driving trip northward with overnights at 7 Marriott/Courtyard Marriott properties along the way (among other places). Among other things we will take day trips on the couple short Amtrak segments we are missing: Quincy-Galesburg and Dearborn (Detroit)-Pontiac as well as my son's missing segments of Grand Rapids-CHI and STL-KCY. The Music City Star and some day rides in Canada plus the South Shore Line and a visit to the rail museums in STL and Union, IL will complete the rail activities. Will think of GBN as we skirt the western suburbs of Chitown.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Here are my reviews for two Marriott properties at which I stayed on my "Salt Lake or Bust' junket:
Two other Marriott properties at Omaha and Kansas City , for which there was no particular reason to write a review, were also on the journey (GBN's days of 'grab a wink at a truck stop" are LOOOOONG over).
All told, the Marriott points earned from these stays are sufficient to have a 'freebie' at Roswell GA this upcoming weekend (again auto: Amtrak "uh not exactly' in the CHI-ATL market; however Amtrak is "in the running" for two later trips I have planned - Stamford and Fredericksburg).
Posted by SilverStar092 (Member # 2652) on :
GBN: When is your trip to Stamford? That's on my agenda in late summer.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :