<p>I was going to suggest Amtrak, but checking schedules all trains to Denver are sold out until after Christmas. Bummer.</p>
<p>That might be a good contingency in the future to have an reservation on Amtrak as a back up. Nice thing about Amtrak is that everything is always fully refundable. Young Plebe 4him would be on the Lakeshore Limited getting into Chicago at 9:30 this morning; have a few hours to wander around Chicago and then get on the California Zephyr and be home by 7:15 tonight.</p>
<p>The old school way home. Actually, sounds like fun.</p>