Ward Dossche wrote to Dave Drum <=-

If I read that right you were aq bus driver???? Hardly ever see passenger busses around here. Greyhound maintains a passenger terminal at a local auto salvage and towing firm. Trailways has disappearede. Lots of big charter busses like Windy City Tours.

No. In 1972 I was in an exchange program not knowing where I was
heading to. Just America. Arrived in New York and got a bus ticket to Great Falls Montana. A trailways bus Detroit Chicago Denver
SaltLakeCity GreatFalls. There are more direct routes but to keep it
cheap I was given a "See America" ticket and made the grand tour. 4
days on a bus, I can write a (small) book about it. Crossing Nebraska
end of June was so boring ... there is nothing, just fields with corn
as far as the eye reaches.

Miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles. Bv)=

Also was in a GreatFalls LosAngeles trip, LosAngeles to Detroit and
then to New York. Affordable but it takes so much time ... plus all the meals en-route plus drinks ... competes with airlines. But you see a
lot, the perfect way to learn how big the USA really is.

I've made a few bus long-distance rides. But, truly, I do prefer riding
the rails. The food is better nand there aren't so many smelly, crying infants to "flavour" my journey.

And, as you say - the co$t is about the same.

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Ward Dossche wrote to Dave Drum <=-

If I read that right you were aq bus driver???? Hardly ever see passenger busses around here. Greyhound maintains a passenger terminal at a local auto salvage and towing firm. Trailways has disappearede. Lots of big charter busses like Windy City Tours.

No. In 1972 I was in an exchange program not knowing where I was
heading to. Just America. Arrived in New York and got a bus ticket to Great Falls Montana. A trailways bus Detroit Chicago Denver
SaltLakeCity GreatFalls. There are more direct routes but to keep it
cheap I was given a "See America" ticket and made the grand tour. 4
days on a bus, I can write a (small) book about it. Crossing Nebraska
end of June was so boring ... there is nothing, just fields with corn
as far as the eye reaches.

Miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles. Bv)=

Also was in a GreatFalls LosAngeles trip, LosAngeles to Detroit and
then to New York. Affordable but it takes so much time ... plus all the meals en-route plus drinks ... competes with airlines. But you see a
lot, the perfect way to learn how big the USA really is.

I've made a few bus long-distance rides. But, truly, I do prefer riding
the rails. The food is better nand there aren't so many smelly, crying infants to "flavour" my journey.

And, as you say - the co$t is about the same.

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Ward Dossche wrote to Dave Drum <=-

If I read that right you were aq bus driver???? Hardly ever see passenger busses around here. Greyhound maintains a passenger terminal at a local auto salvage and towing firm. Trailways has disappearede. Lots of big charter busses like Windy City Tours.

No. In 1972 I was in an exchange program not knowing where I was
heading to. Just America. Arrived in New York and got a bus ticket to Great Falls Montana. A trailways bus Detroit Chicago Denver
SaltLakeCity GreatFalls. There are more direct routes but to keep it
cheap I was given a "See America" ticket and made the grand tour. 4
days on a bus, I can write a (small) book about it. Crossing Nebraska
end of June was so boring ... there is nothing, just fields with corn
as far as the eye reaches.

Miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles. Bv)=

Also was in a GreatFalls LosAngeles trip, LosAngeles to Detroit and
then to New York. Affordable but it takes so much time ... plus all the meals en-route plus drinks ... competes with airlines. But you see a
lot, the perfect way to learn how big the USA really is.

I've made a few bus long-distance rides. But, truly, I do prefer riding
the rails. The food is better nand there aren't so many smelly, crying infants to "flavour" my journey.

And, as you say - the co$t is about the same.

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Ward Dossche wrote to Dave Drum <=-

Me and light aircraft get along just fine. Airliners - not so much. I prefer Amtrak for long distances. Plus the food is better, too. Bv)=

Well, that is if there "IS" Amtrack.

Passenger rail is down quite a bit from its "hey-day". My first long
distance trip was from Springfield, IL to St. Louis on the GM&O (now/ currently) ATSF. Jumped onto CB&Q's Twin Citiies Express to Faribault,
MN. Along the way motive power and crews weere changed and it became
a Rock Island "Rocket" Bv)=

The northern line which runs from St.Paul (I think) to somewhere
Seattle uses Burlington-Northern tracks where priority if given to
freight trains. A full day's delay on arrival is not uncommon.

I once drove a Trailways bus transcontinental from LA to NYC (and other routes). 4 days. Recently I looked into doing it again for fun, busses with wifi etc ... it was costlier than flying 6 hours.

If I read that right you were aq bus driver???? Hardly ever see passenger busses around here. Greyhound maintains a passenger terminal at a local
auto salvage and towing firm. Trailways has disappearede. Lots of big
charter busses like Windy City Tours.

Last airplane ride I took was from SPI to DCA direct and was a round trip.
The plane was a twin turboprop Fairchild puddle jumper.

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Dave,

If I read that right you were aq bus driver???? Hardly ever see passenger busses around here. Greyhound maintains a passenger terminal at a local auto salvage and towing firm. Trailways has disappearede. Lots of big charter busses like Windy City Tours.

No. In 1972 I was in an exchange program not knowing where I was heading to. Just America. Arrived in New York and got a bus ticket to Great Falls Montana. A trailways bus Detroit Chicago Denver SaltLakeCity GreatFalls. There are more direct routes but to keep it cheap I was given a "See America" ticket and made the grand tour. 4 days on a bus, I can write a (small) book about it. Crossing Nebraska end of June was so boring ... there is nothing, just fields with corn as far as the eye reaches.

Also was in a GreatFalls LosAngeles trip, LosAngeles to Detroit and then to New York. Affordable but it takes so much time ... plus all the meals en-route plus drinks ... competes with airlines. But you see a lot, the perfect way to learn how big the USA really is.

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