Great trip...may leave a bit late..sometimes on time..but take a sleeper...small one is a bitcramped...but hell..wake up in the AM and take a hot shower.....the airlines are good but amtrak pretty interesting way to travel..if u have time......food is actually pretty good on the long hauls...white table cloth and all......have a few and you wont feel the bumps and jerks of the train......."I'll have the grilled sole"......James Bond ,in the dining car....in "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE"......Connery was "the" man......