38 Hours on Amtrak Overnight Train (WANTED FUGITIVE ONBOARD)

Episode 939 | Filmed September 2024 | LA to Ft. Worth

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Who are Kara and Nate?!

Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment.

We discovered the world of “travel hacking” while planning our honeymoon & became addicted ;)

So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world.

Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to “normal life.” We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going.

4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time!

After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are in our 9TH YEAR of finding the best adventures the world has to offer :)

We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎 Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey!

0:00 2 nights on Amtrak…
2:03 Meet my mom :)
3:03 Dramatic start
7:35 day 2 9 hours in
13:02 Tour of our tiny bunk room
22:40 Fugitive onboard + police stop…
29:30 day 3 - 31 hours in
34:48 Neurologist/Epilepsy update
37:49 bloops

[YouLoveMariah]

You and your dad LOOK alike but you and your mom share the same personality, she even laughs like you. Lol It’s very nice finally meeting your mom in a video!! ♥️

[FireCracker]

Kara, your mom is the CUTEST! You inherited her humor, beauty and laugh. She's absolutely delightful, and we love her instantly.

[miguelcontreras]

Kara PLEASE TAKE YOUR MOM WITH YOU ON MORE TRIPS. She’s iconic I loved her instantly. You guys are the BEST 🫶🏼.

[celestryalcelestryal]

As I watched I was constantly in a state of "I so miss my Mom". So much so that the tears just kept insisting to have their way. She was my best friend and we were very much similar to you and yours. Your mom is awesome....hug her extra tight for those of us who can't hug ours any more. Love you guys and thanks for sharing this adventure.

[natashajwood]

"how good is the mattress?" "is there a mattress????" howling🤣🤣we now need a series on this channel of Kara's mum just reviewing different travel experiences, she's already iconic

[hovelbunker]

"I can't have you on a train covered in blood" is a wild thing to hear...lol

[brianwilson]

I love that Kara is the one that gets coffee for her mom. We know that coffee is a Kara love language. :)

[erycag]

Kara mom is a WHOLE VIBE !
Period 💯❤️

[GenuinelyJodi]

I was just diagnosed with epilepsy and partially because of you and your journey. I videotaped my seizure. Thought it was just fainting episodes my whole life. Thank you for sharing your journey.

[srslyawkward]

As a former journalist, I can tell you that what you do isn't that different from what I used to do in print. Being a professional busy-body and crafting a compelling narrative from a pile of facts was my whole life for a while. You and Nate do a phenomenal job at it, too.

[rjsieder]

Just so you know, when you left LA, that train is actually going to New Orleans, train 2, the Sunset Limited. Your car, and the coach in front of it (with the fugitive in it), were detached in San Antonio in the middle of the night and attached to the Texas Eagle, train 22. You probably slept through that. Your cars are called "through cars" in railroad-speak, and have the train number 422. The Texas Eagle runs San Antonio to Chicago daily. On the days the Sunset Limited runs, those two cars are attached in San Antonio and continue to Chicago. The other days the Texas Eagle runs without them.

Also, you weren't actually in Mexico, but your Mom's phone got connected to a Mexican cell tower for a bit, hence the "welcome to Mexico" messages. My cousins live along the St. Lawrence River in upstate NY, and often get "welcome to Canada" messages. You were, however, very, very close to the border near El Paso. You could look out the window and see the border fence just outside the train.

Your Mom is a hoot!

[jfebacher]

Trip with Mother. The best thing you can do, trust me. I took a train trip with my mother, "79 at the time" on Amtrak 2 years ago. It was her last trip and it was so fun. Train was 10 hours late, we were both so tired we couldn't see straight, but we laughed ourselves silly and had the BEST TIME EVER. Treasure the time spent with your mother, Kara. There is nothing more special

[rhoffman]

Cherish these times. I lost my mom 3 weeks ago and she was my travel buddy. Every year we did a mother daughter trip and I am so thankful we did. Thos totally reminds me of our journeys together. We were actually supposed to do a train trip to New Orleans but she got too sick to travel and we didn't make it. I had no idea your mom was with you when I started watching this so that was crazy. It definitely was bitter sweet for me to watch this. Take as many trips with her and create these memories for a lifetime.

[curtish]

Kara I love how giggly your mum is, which makes you crack up laughing straight away and it's like is it gonna be taken serious lmao

[Gwenluvsmusic]

You're a carbon copy of your Mom! It's like watching Kara and Kara video 😂❤

[lacey.richards]

When i got diagnosed with epilepsy (JME) we noticed the same thing with the period cycle and it was making me have seizures! Now im taking medication for it, ive been 9 months seizure free!

[deannaborden]

PLEASE take your mom on more trips!!😂❤

[shelbycopeland]

I lost my mom in December and your all's laughter just gave me so much joy because it reminded me of the way we would cut up together. Thank you for this ❤

[Sara_Louise]

These are what memories see made of. You will never forget this trip & laugh about it forever.

[tamifaulkner]

I love that you call you Mom "Mommy". I still call my mom Mommy and I'm 63 and she is 87!