Originally Posted by
serpens
Yes, and I hope to do it again. However, my sister-in-law took the train in sleeper class from northern California to Washington and was bored to the point of "Never again."
Do you have any specific questions? I would recommend a train to Chicago and then the Southwest Chief (or the California Zephyr and Coast Starlight). In other words, I would recommend avoiding the Crescent and the Texas Eagle (due to regular reports of substandard food and rude train crews).
Thank you. Nothing specific yet, we're just tossing around the idea. We have 2 little dogs and thought it might be easier to take them on the train before we put them on a plane to Hawaii. But we may simply fly and take a couple of days before flying again.