Eighty Days – Day 64

Thank you, loyal readers, for joining me on this sesquicentennial journey celebrating one of Jules Verne’s greatest novels. We’re traveling Around the World in Eighty Days along with Phileas Fogg and his companions. Since leaving San Francisco by train, we’ve reached Ogden, Utah and nearby Salt Lake City. We’ve traveled 18,673 miles, 76.1% of the distance. However, we’ve taken 80% of the time, so we’re running behind.

In 1872, a large network of rail lines connected cities in the eastern U...