We am now sitting in the Omaha airport waiting for our Southwest flight to Chicago. This is not exactly what I had planned; in fact, it's exactly what I DIDN'T have planned. But here's how it happened.
Our train from San Francisco was running 3.5 hours late by the time we arrived in Omaha yesterday. So when we called last night after our steak feast to check on the train we were going to pick up this morning, we expected a slight delay, but hoped it wouldn't be three hours, because it would mean we would miss our connection in Chicago.
Obviously, it was delayed by more than three hours. They told us if we didn't make our connection, we had several options:
a) they would provide us with bus service to Washington DC
b) we could stay overnight and catch the next day's train (at 7:05 pm), and probably incur additional fees to rebook a sleeper
c) we could reroute on another train through New York, also incurring new fees to rebook at sleeper
We decided it was best to catch that damn train in Chicago, so it was either rent a car and drive, which we agreed was more in keeping with the spirit of the trip, or use my free rewards flight to get us there early (and cheaper), giving us time to explore the city.
We have chosen the latter. Though disappointed with this turn of events, we've still loved our train travel experience. You can check out some photos from the SF - Omaha leg here.
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