Day 4 Chicago to Denver

Thurs 31/5 – 9613 steps
Happy birthday Justin
We headed off to Chicago Museum of Science and Technology, Fewer yellow buses!

I lost David for a while in the History of Bicycles display.

Then off to Union station to catch the Amtrak Zephyr train to Denver.
Our “family” room was comfortable enough, but not much of a view, being on lower floor. We headed off to the lounge car for a better view, not just of the scenery, but also the fellow travelers – all shapes and sizes, colours and dress code.
We travelled through miles and miles of corn fields, apparently all for animal feed

Maize as far as you could see on either side of train for at least 250km.   Then there was just less than a km of cattle feed lots, as well as a bison feed lot, Right next to the track for easy loading I guess.
We snacked on chicken “tenders” with Paul Newman ranch dressing. Chicken tenders are crumbed bits of chicken fillet. They appear on every menu we have seen so far.
We headed off to the dining car for the last sitting at 7pm. We were seated with an interesting and entertaining couple from Scotland. The dinner was delicious, I had medium rare sirloin and baked Idaho potato, accompanied by good Californian red wine and David ate grilled salmon.
Sunset was 8:30pm, and I am sure I was asleep by 9
Best chuckle of the day: 1 Aussie sitting behind us to his Sheila: ”Of course we in the northern hemisphere, so East and West are swapped around.
What I learnt:
Choose the latest seating option at dinner, so you can linger over your meal.
You can’t trust an Aussie with directions
When you lock your bike, be sure to lock it around the frame, not the wheel