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Nashville Zoo November 2016
To enjoy the last really warm day in Nashville for a while, I went to the Nashville Zoo and hiked the jungle trail. The newest exhibit I saw was the tortoise exhibit. There is a lot of construction of new areas and exhibits in progress including a new area for the Bengal Tigers. The new animals coming are the hippopotamus, Andean Bears, and spider monkeys. And the elephants should be returning in 2017 after their barns and space in the Savannah are refurbished. So there's lots of changes coming to the Zoo.
Each of my Nashville Zoo galleries are dedicated to my friend Charlie Doggett who was a volunteer worker at the Zoo before moving to Atenas, Costa Rica where he now resides.
Check out the photos here:
Nashville Zoo - November 2016
Just one week before my next Amtrak adventure. Here are my next three trips planned and all are Amtrak Adventures:
November 28 to December 8 Amtrak "Just because I can" Rail Adventure - Flying to Washington, DC, staying one night at the Hilton Garden Inn US Capitol near Union Station. From DC I will ride for my first time Amtrak's Capitol Limited to Chicago and connect to Amtrak's California Zephyr to Emeryville. I will stay one night in the Hyatt House Emeryville and re-board Amtrak's California Zephyr to Chicago where I will stay one night at a new Hampton Inn near Chicago's Union Station. The next evening I will board Amtrak's Capitol Limited back to Washington, DC, and another one night stay at the Hilton Garden Inn US Capitol before flying home to Nashville December 8,
January 23-31 Amtrak 2017 Winter California Zephyr Trip -- This is becoming my annual "see snow away from home" Amtrak Winter trip on the Zephyr. Itinerary is almost exactly as the October trip except I will fly Southwest Airlines to Chicago and I will only stay two nights instead of three at the Hyatt House in Emeryville.
April 8-22 Amtrak April 2017 Rail Adventure -- On this trip I will be riding on two Amtrak trains for the first time and actually traveling coast to coast and return. I will begin the trip by flying Southwest Airlines to New Orleans April 8 for two nights at the Hyatt House Hotel on Poydras Street near New Orleans Union Station. Early Monday morning (7 AM) I will depart on Amtrak's Crescent train from New Orleans through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia(Atlanta), South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia arriving Tuesday morning at Washington, DC, Union Station. That same Tuesday afternoon (4 PM), I will depart on Amtrak's Capitol Limited through Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania(Pittsburgh), Ohio, and Indiana arriving early Wednesday (9 AM) in Chicago's Union Station. At 2 PM Wednesday, I'll board Amtrak's California Zephyr for the two night trip to Emeryville arriving Friday late afternoon April 14 for two nights at the Hyatt House Emeryville. Sunday morning (9 AM) I will board the east bound California Zephyr bound to Chicago arriving Tuesday afternoon and staying one night at the new Hampton Inn Chicago West Loop. Wednesday evening, April 19, I will return to Chicago Union Station to board the Capitol Limited(6:30 PM) for overnight trip back to Washington, DC, arriving early afternoon (1 PM) for a two night stay at the Hilton Garden Inn/DC US Capitol. Saturday, April 22, I'll fly Southwest Airlines home to Nashville from Washington, DC, Reagan National Airport.
You can see all my previous Rail Trip photos on my photo galleries in the Rail Trips Folder.
All my photos are available to view on Reagan's Photo Galleries website.
November 28 to December 8 Amtrak "Just because I can" Rail Adventure - Flying to Washington, DC, staying one night at the Hilton Garden Inn US Capitol near Union Station. From DC I will ride for my first time Amtrak's Capitol Limited to Chicago and connect to Amtrak's California Zephyr to Emeryville. I will stay one night in the Hyatt House Emeryville and re-board Amtrak's California Zephyr to Chicago where I will stay one night at a new Hampton Inn near Chicago's Union Station. The next evening I will board Amtrak's Capitol Limited back to Washington, DC, and another one night stay at the Hilton Garden Inn US Capitol before flying home to Nashville December 8,
January 23-31 Amtrak 2017 Winter California Zephyr Trip -- This is becoming my annual "see snow away from home" Amtrak Winter trip on the Zephyr. Itinerary is almost exactly as the October trip except I will fly Southwest Airlines to Chicago and I will only stay two nights instead of three at the Hyatt House in Emeryville.
April 8-22 Amtrak April 2017 Rail Adventure -- On this trip I will be riding on two Amtrak trains for the first time and actually traveling coast to coast and return. I will begin the trip by flying Southwest Airlines to New Orleans April 8 for two nights at the Hyatt House Hotel on Poydras Street near New Orleans Union Station. Early Monday morning (7 AM) I will depart on Amtrak's Crescent train from New Orleans through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia(Atlanta), South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia arriving Tuesday morning at Washington, DC, Union Station. That same Tuesday afternoon (4 PM), I will depart on Amtrak's Capitol Limited through Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania(Pittsburgh), Ohio, and Indiana arriving early Wednesday (9 AM) in Chicago's Union Station. At 2 PM Wednesday, I'll board Amtrak's California Zephyr for the two night trip to Emeryville arriving Friday late afternoon April 14 for two nights at the Hyatt House Emeryville. Sunday morning (9 AM) I will board the east bound California Zephyr bound to Chicago arriving Tuesday afternoon and staying one night at the new Hampton Inn Chicago West Loop. Wednesday evening, April 19, I will return to Chicago Union Station to board the Capitol Limited(6:30 PM) for overnight trip back to Washington, DC, arriving early afternoon (1 PM) for a two night stay at the Hilton Garden Inn/DC US Capitol. Saturday, April 22, I'll fly Southwest Airlines home to Nashville from Washington, DC, Reagan National Airport.
You can see all my previous Rail Trip photos on my photo galleries in the Rail Trips Folder.
You can click on any of the small photos in this blog to open a full size photo.
All my photos are available to view on Reagan's Photo Galleries website.
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