On a luxury train trip in late July across the American West, I took part in countless stories shared over three days from 31 new friends while traveling 596 miles across Utah and Colorado.

The deserts and mountains between Salt Lake City, Utah and Denver, Colorado were viewed together in a slow-motion glide aboard Canyon Spirit's "Rockies to the Red Rocks" train ride.

Our stories were first told on Friday night at the Asher Adams Hotel in Salt Lake about personal travels, foods tasted abroad and everybody's favorite Instagram handles.

The Asher Adams' back patio was filled with pesky travel journalists mingling and planning out their stories ahead of a 3-day, daytime-only travel train trip we'd embark on the next morning. The special trip was a preview ride to collect stories for futur

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