Program 719: Rocky Mountaineer; Gulf Islands BC; Global Perspective; Piecing Together America

Enjoy summer in Canada, from the forests to the seashores of British Columbia, on the next Travel with Rick Steves.  We'll look at making family memories in a dome car on the historic Rocky Mountaineer train line.  And we'll explore a few of our favorite Gulf Islands in the Salish Sea.

We'll also look at confronting culture clashes in our overseas travels.

And we'll hear how one young man discovered  what's best about each of the 50 states, by working with local crafts people in every major city in America.

• Rick Antonson, author of "Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer" (Greystone)
• Chandler O'Leary, author of "On Island Time: A Traveler's Atlas" (Sasquatch Books)
• Dr. Anu Taranath, author of "Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World" (AK Press)
• Daniel Seddiqui, author of "Piecing Together America" (self-published)

• Rick Antonson is the author of "Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer."
• The Rocky Mountaineer includes a new American route, between Denver, Colorado and Moab, Utah.
• Chandler O'Leary illustrated her entries about the islands of the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest, with her own watercolor sketches, in her book "On Island Time."
• The Gulf Islands of British Columbia include a National Park Reserve.
• Salt Spring Island is the most-visited of the Gulf Islands.
• Chandler also spoke with Rick about visiting the San Juan Islands, on the U.S. side of the border, on Travel with Rick Steves program #715 in May, 2023.
• Dr. Anu Taranath consults students and business travelers, and is the author of "Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World."
• Daniel Seddiqui writes about the local crafts and foods he found in 50 cities across the United States in "Piecing Together America." He also writes about his experience, working "50 Jobs in 50 States."

• Peter Elyakim Taussig, "The 49th Parallel (canada/usa)," 101 Sound-Bite Symphonies: A Celebration of Short Attention Span / (self-released)
• Campbell Brothers, "Morning Train," None But the Righteous: Masters of Sacred Steel (collection) / Rope A Dope Records
• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba, "49th Parallel IX: Winnipeg 2 (R. Vaughan Williams, arr. S. Hogger)," The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, vol. 2 / Chandos
• Pat Metheny Group, "Last Train Home," Still Life (Talking) / Geffen
• SON_SCDV_0654_01201_On_The_Frontier_APM
• Gordon Lightfoot, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," Gord's Gold / Warner Records
• * Earl Klugh, "Canadian Sunset," The Spice of Life / Koch
• Danielle Martineau, "L'Eau et le Vent," Here and Now: A Celebration of Canadian Music, disc 1 - Music of the First Peoples and Folk Music  (collection) / CBC-Sony Special Music Products
• Ad Vielle Que Pourra, "Un Quebecois a Caracas," Kicking Up Dust: The Dawson City Music Festival, disc 2 (collection) / Dawson City Music Festival
• Buffy Sainte-Marie, "Darling Don't Cry," Up Where We Belong / EMI
• Djole, "Jazzy Jig," Indiscretion / Djolé Pumpkin Music
• Bill Bourne, Shannon Johnson, "The Road to Tokyo," Here and Now: A Celebration of Canadian Music, disc 1 - Music of the First Peoples and Folk Music (collection) / CBC-Sony Special Music Products
• * Monte Maxwell on The Great Stalacpipe Organ (Luray Caverns), "America the Beautiful" (unreleased recording)
• SOHO_SOHO_0241_00101_Yankee_Doodle_APM
• Martin Denny, "A-mer-i-ca," Baked Alaska /  EMI-Collector's Choice
• Ry Cooder, Buena Vista Social Club, "Buena Vista Social Club," Buena Vista Social Club (collection) / Nonesuch-World Circuit   
• St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, "Symphony No. 1: III. Dance in 6/8 (S. Perillo)," Stephen Perillo: Song for America, Symphony No. 1, Oboe Serenade, Hangoverture / Centaur 
• Cleveland Quartet, "Quartet No. 12, Op. 96, I-Allegro ma non troppo (Dvorak),"  Dvorak: Quartet No. 12 and 14 / Telarc
• Pat Metheny Group, "This is Not America," David Bowie: The Platinum Collection / Parlophone Records
• Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, "'Midsommarvaka'  from 'Swedish Rhapsody No. 1' (Hugo Alfven),"  Midsummer Vigil: Orchestral Favourites of Hugo Alfven /  Naxos
• Ryuichi Sakamoto, "Aishiteru, Aishitenai," Smoochy / Milan
• Aleksey Revenko, Riviera Symphony Orch., "The Dance of the Wind," Romantic Renaissance Symphonic Rock Music for Cinema / Best Music

* Indicates filler music used during breaks

• Rick refers to 'a summer getaway' to the Gulf Islands in the billboard.  He opens segment A saying "we're celebrating Canada Day and the Fourth of July" on today's show.
• Early in segment A, Rick Antonson refers indirectly to the inability to travel during the pandemic, by expressing his delight in being able to travel freely again.
• In the reset at 10:25, Rick S. calls "Train Beyond the Mountains" Rick A's "latest book."
• In the segment B open, and at 26:05, Rick notes that Chandler passed away "a few weeks after her interview with us."
• At 46:33, Daniel says that the vinyl record manufacturer he worked with in Cleveland is the last of its kind left in the U.S. 

"Reunions" Haiku Awards

Tired train greeting time
Anxious wives hug new, old friends
Home to sandwich cake

First stop, the sweet shop
On to three-hundred-year home
As if yesterday

Friends looking seasoned
Brothers for thirty-six years
Talk flows like water
— Terry Toland, Vancouver, Washington

Crows call in the wind
Brown earth smudges the grey cloud sea
Fine mist sprays to sky
— Barbara Schrefer, Clearwater, Florida

Blue sky, golden fields.
Flag unfurling at sunrise.
Free. Invincible.
— Natalia Warren, Orlando, Florida