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...novelty, the excitement and the fun of this mad ride...with magnificent mountains before and around me, their lofty peaks smiling down on us, and never a frown on their grand faces." More than a century later, the Rockies still smile down on passengers traveling across Canada aboard VIA Rail's Canadian, which now takes a more northerly route through British Columbia and Alberta...
Airplanes are faster, automobiles more adaptable. Yet more and more Americans--a 17% rise in the past four years--are choosing to take their vacations on the railroad. While some trains are not yet up to European standards of luxury and convenience, rail tours in Canada and the Americas offer reasonable comfort, good food and some spectacular scenery. Here are some of the options...
...RAIL ACROSS CANADA LOFTY MOUNTAIN PEAKS THAT SMILE DOWN...
Another tempting trip the company introduced this year, the Sea to Sky Rail Adventure, is a 10-day journey from Vancouver to Kamloops. You can book it from May through October; rates run from $1,900 to $2,700 and include rail travel, accommodations in hotels along the way, meals on the train, tours and travel by motor coach to connecting routes. The train crosses the remote interior of British Columbia, passes pristine lakes, mighty rivers and famous ice fields. It goes through snow-peaked mountain ranges, thick forests and numerous national parks www.rockymountaineer.com...
Then there is the elitist aura that the ghosts of Harvard past cast over the University as a whole--abandon all humility, ye who enter here. There is a history of exclusivity that has permeated all aspects of campus life, so that even those who rail upon the traditional target, final clubs, often do so from the safety of groups which require an approval process that is ultimately no less capricious. How much of a difference is there between proving that you're good at hobnobbing than proving to a group like the Lampoon--a semi-secret Sorrento Square social...