Unwind in Empire builder

It was one of my friend’s brilliant idea that we should take a train to Seattle for our office trip. It immediately ringed ‘yes’ bells in my mind. The route is very scenic and we wanted to venture out and see how it’s going to turn out. Hence we materialized the plan and took the train. Our journey started around 4.00 AM from Fargo. There was roughly around 30 hours of ride that was ahead of us. As soon as we entered , we were keen on knowing what all facilities were offered. Turns out, our bed was already made and it was the first thing we saw and were temped to take a nap. We were all pretty tired. We had not slept because of the weird timing of the train. We went to sleep and had a good night sleep. We woke up around 7.30 AM. We brushed and then headed to the dining area for our breakfast. The experience was amazing as the dining area had big windows, fresh flowers were laid in vases of all the tables. Food itself was tasty and the view was good too. The servers were in great mood and wore big smiles. They greeted us and spoke in a friendly tone. After a wholesome breakfast we headed towards the observation car. We occupied some seats with good view and started reading books. As we crossed North Dakota and Montana, it was more of plain land to look out. I was able to spot some oil fields as well. By the time we reached glacier park it was night. We were kind of disappointed, because we were unable to see anything scenic in that pitch dark. We slept a little disappointed. The next morning when I opened my eyes we were in Washington state. It was very pretty outside. Large trees soaked in snow, beautiful snow covered mountains. We were amidst this winter wonderland. After a stretch of snow covered mountains it was our turn to see the ocean on one side of the train. It was a very calm morning and we had our breakfast with our hearts filled with joy, as finally we had seen something scenic. We reached Seattle ahead of the schedule. After a week long stay in Seattle, we took the same train back to Fargo. We boarded the train at around 4.40 PM. As we sat in our spots we savored some cheese cake that we had grabbed at the last minute from Cheese cake factory. I did sleep for straight 12 hours that night. I woke up at 6.00 in the morning to a gorgeous sight outside. We had our breakfast and were happy to see that few of the staff members were the same from our previous journey. We headed to the observation car, I took out my camera and started to capture few moments. We were passing through Glaciers and it was absolutely magnificent. Streams in between snow covered mountains, seemed to be like a fairly land. After having lunch and stuffing ourselves with food we saw that we were back in plain regions of Montana. We walked a bit, read books and played a little. When I look back to this journey I have some good memories. We had no access to internet, got all the time to sit and stare out of the window. In this busy life we cannot afford to do that. This journey provided the opportunity to unwind and relax. It was a well-deserved break from regular stuff.