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Yesterday, I boarded the Amtrak train with the 10-ton bike at Stockton, California, after a short Amtrak bus ride from San José

1331-stockton.jpg I slept so well last night here at the Ludlow Motel: the breakfast menu in my room invites me over to the café for FLUFFYThumbnailsAfter the Amtrak train ride to Bakersfield, an Amtrak bus shuttled me to Primm, Nevada to start this bicycle-camping tripI slept so well last night here at the Ludlow Motel: the breakfast menu in my room invites me over to the café for FLUFFYThumbnailsAfter the Amtrak train ride to Bakersfield, an Amtrak bus shuttled me to Primm, Nevada to start this bicycle-camping tripI slept so well last night here at the Ludlow Motel: the breakfast menu in my room invites me over to the café for FLUFFYThumbnailsAfter the Amtrak train ride to Bakersfield, an Amtrak bus shuttled me to Primm, Nevada to start this bicycle-camping tripI slept so well last night here at the Ludlow Motel: the breakfast menu in my room invites me over to the café for FLUFFYThumbnailsAfter the Amtrak train ride to Bakersfield, an Amtrak bus shuttled me to Primm, Nevada to start this bicycle-camping tripI slept so well last night here at the Ludlow Motel: the breakfast menu in my room invites me over to the café for FLUFFYThumbnailsAfter the Amtrak train ride to Bakersfield, an Amtrak bus shuttled me to Primm, Nevada to start this bicycle-camping trip

My large rear saddlebags get checked in as baggage here, while my bicycle rolls into the San Joaquin train and sits in a nice bicycle rack during the trip. Many Amtrak trains do not accept unboxed bicycles, but this route does.