“From visiting Alaska’s fat bears to traveling solo across Scotland, here’s how we’re spending our PTO”
In 2020, the Outside editors are all about finally taking the dream trips they’ve been thinking about for years. Here’s one idea we especially love.
Taking a Cross-Country Train
With all the climate-fueled talk of train travel lately—and news that Amtrak is on the verge of doing away with its sleeper trains and getting rid of long-haul lines—I’m going to make this the year I plan a trip around a rail route. I’ll either take Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which runs from Seattle to Chicago, and stop at Whitefish, Montana, to spend a few nights at Glacier National Park, or I’ll hop on the Crescent after a weekend in New Orleans, get off in Charlottesville, Virginia, and bike the 37 miles to Shenandoah National Park.
—Erin Riley, senior travel editor