Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
Young people are absolutely galled when I tell them that my parents used to put me on a bus to go visit my grandparents when I was in elementary school (back in the '60's). The bus driver had me and my brother sit right behind him, and wouldn't let us off until my grandfather came to get us. It was still fairly common for folks to ride buses, back in the day. (and now I'm going to slink off and look for more grey hairs...)
I looked into the Greyhound bus as well for this trip--you wouldn't believe the fare!! It was $125 for a nonrefundable ticket (round trip) and would still require somebody to drive 30 miles each way to pick me up. Odd, because usually the bus is a lot cheaper...