Word: summering
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...Last summer Lloyd Abert of St. Louis, Mo., judged the Rocky Mountaineer tour he took with his family (including his 84-year-old mother) one of the best of his life. "What they provided," he said, "was a dream far beyond any expectations. The service was extraordinary. I don't know of a person who wasn't happy on that train." So appreciative of the scenery was his family that they took more than 700 photos...
...only steam engine in regular mainline service in North America. Tom Savio, a former stationmaster and now a rail-travel consultant, says the black-and-silver locomotive, which "blends Canadian robustness and English Art Deco streamlining," is "one of the most aesthetically pleasing ever built." During the spring and summer months, 2860 pulls a string of vintage passenger cars along tracks that hug the top of a cliff 100 ft. above Howe Sound, north of Vancouver. The 80-mile round trip, much of it poised over the water below, offers views of pretty islands, the Strait of Georgia, lush forests...
...operates the brakes and the burner on the steep grades along the way. For the less daring there are two shorter rides, El Maiten-Vuelta al Rio and Esquel-Nahuel Pan, each 31 miles long. You can avoid cancellations due to snow by booking Argentine spring and summer trips--when it's fall and winter in the U.S. (El Maiten train station: 011-54-2945-49-5190). --By Uki Goni
Hawkins, who is also a Crimson editor, says Ventura's election got him interested in the Reform Party. Hawkins spent last summer working in Ventura's Minnesota state capital offices...
...while the college Reform Party organization will be actively campaigning cross-country this summer for the student vote, canvassing county fairs and parades, it might be a lost cause...