Please allow me to introduce myself …

… Im a man of well, you know the lyrics if youre around my age.

Unfortunately Im not a man of wealth, and as for taste well, youll have to be the judge of that.

What I can legitimately claim to be is a guy with years of experience in the travel industry. Since 1979 Ive worked for airlines, travel agencies, AAA, and Amtrak.

The blogs title is a fairly accurate summary of what Im going to be blogging about. Planes (lots), trains (lots), and automobiles (not so much except for the occasional observation about car rentals).

Additionally Ill write about destinations near and far that I like, leaning heavily on the not-too-faraway places.

To round out things, now and then Ill drop in a column about one of my favorite interests: running.

And perhaps once in a while you’ll encounter an article that combines them all: planes, trains, automobiles, destinations and running.

When it comes to transportation the emphasis is going to be on the practical.

Im trying to get a little enterprise off of the ground that involves training business travelers and executive assistants at being better at arranging business trips. In part, some of the information youll see in my blog will be elements from my training curriculum for clients.

So please relax, sit back and enjoy your flight.

Look for my first bona fide blog article soon. Its going to cover something I hope youll find interesting: my ride last Tuesday on Amtraks California Zephyr as it detoured through the Feather River canyon along the route of the historic Western Pacific California Zephyr of yore. Pictures, too!