Planes, Trains and Automobiles

😎 Hello from sunny California,

It's been an incredibly busy few weeks!

When we last left off, I was begging for your votes on my Eurail story. (Sadly, I only came in third place. We tried!)

But so much has happened since:

Did you know that one of the original “Rosie the Riveters” is 100 years young and lives in Wichita? We got to meet her at the Kansas Air Museum.

I bought the Amtrak USA Rail Pass (10 segments within 30 days for a fixed price) and used the first two segments to travel six hours by train from Milwaukee to Minneapolis, for a single lunch.
Stayed in the former room of the mother superior of a convent-turned-boutique hotel and factory-turned-boutique hotel. (Adding to the insane asylum-turned-boutique hotel from this summer.)
Attended TBEX Summit America in the Air Capital of the World (Wichita, Kansas!) though I arrived by train, of course. ;)
Happy to announce that I was accepted into the inaugural cohort of the News Creator Corps.
Got my first byline for Business Insider, my first piece about train travel!

In total, I’ll be adding more than 5800 miles to my total for the six month period by using the USA Rail Pass.

🚂 Would YOU consider a USA Rail Pass to hop-on / hop-off across the country? What questions would you have about using one?

👉 Hit reply and let me know so I can answer them in my upcoming post about it!

Hot off the press 🎉

My first piece for Business Insider has been in the works for a while, so the headline is already out of date. By the end of October, I’ll have covered more than 10,000 miles and 27 US states since coming back, all by train.

Destination Inspiration ✈

✈️ Starting October 12, the European Union has launched a new Entry/Exit System (EES), which means that most visitors from outside the EU will need to have their fingerprints and other biodata captured when entering for a short stay. Details here.
🔌 Looking to unplug these days? Travel Charlee brings us trip blueprints for her recommended digital detox locations. (I’m heading into the mountains in Yosemite this weekend to unplug!)
🌴In Hawaii food news:
- The 15th Annual Hawaii Food & Wine Festival kicks off next week with upcoming events on three islands.
- The Maui Jazz & Blues Festival at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua 10/20-10/26!
- Kimi Werner's long awaited cookbook, Kimi's Kitchen is now available for pre-order!

I think you might be able to guess my favorite mode of transport, but tell me which team you're on:

Planes ✈

Trains 🚂

Automobiles 🚘

Feeling Lucky🍀

Uniqlo is giving away 2 tickets to a VIP experience at Kennedy Space Center. Send a postcard to space (really!) to enter by 10/31. Details here.
G Adventures is giving away two spots on their 12-day Amazon to the Andes adventure in Peru! Enter by 11/7. Details here.
Are you the world's unluckiest traveler? Your story could win you up to $10,000 cash! Enter by 11/12. Details here.

Have a great weekend!

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