Right on Track: Our Amtrak Journey to Greensboro and Charlotte
When our editor, Lauren Morris, first suggested that we ride Amtrak from Cary to Charlotte as a team and document our experience, I was equal parts excited and skeptical. Up until that point, my only experience riding trains had been in Europe, and I was unsure how the trip would compare. Would we be waiting for hours on the train platform? How many stops would there be, and how long would they take? Would our 7-foot-tall photographer comfortably fit in his seat? I wasn’t entirely sure (especially about the latter), but I was willing to find out for the sake of travel journalism — and an all-expense-paid night in downtown Charlotte couldn’t hurt!
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