Transit Bear Visits Los Angeles

Here we are back with photos from Kuma Bear's day in Los Angeles after coming off the Southwest Chief on August 15. Today Transit Bear rode the Red, Blue, and Gold lines of the Los Angeles transit system, but we only got pictures on board the Gold Line.

( Transit Bear on Patrol )

After a whirlwind tour of a couple of bits of Los Angeles -- there are no pictures of the trip to Little Tokyo -- Kuma settled in to dreams of fish and trains.

Coasting North

The final leg of Kuma Bear's transcontinental train journey was the Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Salem, Oregon on August 16, 2009. The train leaves much too early in the morning, and Los Angeles doesn't have a Metropolitan Lounge like in Chicago, but first class passengers can check in early at Traxx Lounge in the lobby of the station.

( First Class Bear )

The trip north had some some rough patches, but it all turned out all right in the end and Kuma Bear returned safely to Oregon.