Train from Salt Lake City to San Francisco

Once we came to terms with the fact that my car was going to have to stay in Price, Utah - we needed to figure out a mode of transportation to get us out of there. Every possible combination of options was considered and investigated on the internet. Do we rent a car and carry on the roadtrip regardless? Do we fly from Price to San Francisco? Do we skip out San Fran and head straight to Santa Barbara and wait for the wedding? WHAT DO WE DO?!??! In fact, I would say that most of our time in Price was spent weighing up our options, going on the internet to check pricing, and moving onto the next idea.

Finally, we decided to catch a bus at 6:15am to Salt Lake City, then catch a 17 hour train that leaves at 11:30pm bound for San Francisco. As you saw in our previous movie, we managed to score a ride to Salt Lake City from Price with Christy - a complete stranger manning the reception desk of our motel. That was good because it meant we didn't have to get up so early to catch the Greyhound bus, and we didn't have to wonder what we'd do with our luggage while waiting for the train. This actually did turn out to be the better decision as the train station didn't open until 10pm! And it was COLD in SLC.

So....this movie is shot on the train and a few of the sights we saw outside of the window. You get to see our unimaginably small room that we booked, and Quentin's chicken legs.

Even though ditching the car in Price was "heart breaking", this train ride was an unexpected bonus for our trip. I've always wanted to do a long train ride and stay in a sleeper carriage over night. The scenery was absolutely breath-taking, and I wish we'd filmed more of it for this movie. We traveled across the top of Nevada, then onto Northern California where we hit a snow-covered mountain range. I can't believe how many changes of scenery we went through. By the time we got to San Fran, we were back into a warmer climate and less clothing!

Now for the cliffhanger so you'll stay tuned for the next post: San Fran was awesome, we met up with Frenchman Xavier, and we talked a cabbie into illegally pulling off the highway for some sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet shots of the Golden Gate bridge and San Fran. All caught on film.