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Baby Moose

Old Faithful

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Travelling Solo Linda Bailey was the only Section UK member on a Section USA Friendship Week during 2015. She describes part of the programme which was punctuated by the occasional travel hiccup.

I flew out to Chicago and met up with an old friend made on previous friendship weeks in Sri Lanka and Canada. Annabella had flown in from Milan via Paris and sadly that’s where her suitcase was! Thirty one of us met up at Union Station to catch the Californian Zephyr which was due to leave at 1400. We complain about our trains - this one didn’t leave until 1700! We anticipated arrival at Salt Lake City at 2300 the following day, however, owing to many unforeseen circumstances, we had an extra night on the train and pulled into the Utah city at 1100 the next morning. We were given a guided tour of the city which included Temple Square, the State Capitol Building and the Olympic Park of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Later, I accompanied Annabella to buy clothing. (It was actually three days before her case turned up in Chicago and was delivered to La Quinta ready for our return). We travelled to Montpelier, Idaho to visit the National Oregon/California Trail Centre. Then on to Jackson, Wyoming and witnessed a ‘cowboy fight’ before heading to the Million Dollar Bar where the bar stools were saddles. The photos taken during the visit can only hint at the the stunning beauty of the mountains and lakes of Grand Teton National Park, and Yellowstone National Park with its hot springs, waterfalls and river. We stayed in Glacier Park Lodge in Glacier National Park, Montana. Yet another amazing place - the highlight being climbing the Going-to- the-Sun Road in a Red Ford Jammer, an original stretch limo holding seventeen passengers. Boarding the Empire Builder train we wondered if our return to Chicago would keep to time. No, - only five hours getting in – 2000 instead of 1500! Some of the group bade farewell at the

Grand Teton National Park

Temple in Salt Lake City

station, others made arrangements to meet for breakfast. Back at La Quinta, Annabella was reunited with her case. I was looking forward to a few days in Chicago with some new friends. What an amazing time we’d had. Linda Bailey, BTP Branch

Linda’s article made news in Section USA’s ‘National Reporter’. The front cover showed the group on the ‘Going to the Sun Road’, Glacier National Park.

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POLICE WORLD Vol 61 No. 1, 2016