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and Advice  mountains.JPGLast week I had a chance to return home
from Washington DC by train. I chose to do so because I was
going out there for an awards ceremony/trade show, and my plane
ticket costs were reimbursed. I paid the difference on the
return trip, and decided to see what it would be like. I've
taken two road trips via car to and from DC (one lasted 2 weeks
and I made stops all over the place, the other was a 3 day
nightmare from DC to Seattle*), so I figured I'd see something
new.  Overall the experience was pretty good. I'll talk more
about specifics of the trip in another post - here I'll just
throw out a few thoughts if you're considering such a journey
yourself.  First, if you've ever ridden a train in Europe or
Japan, the TGV in France, seen "T