In an effort to save gas, which is $4.69 a gallon, and some parking fees, my kids and I decided to take the bus downtown to an event.
Even though we are in the Capitol, our public transit is not what I am used to from the city, so I never take it anywhere. So the night before, I printed out a schedule of all routes that we could take (and there were, surprisingly, several.), and I called the RT to find out how the transfers, etc worked. LOL..I am sure the guy thought I was a total country bumpkin :).
Geared up with water, my schedule, exact change, and my cell phone for emergency pick-ups, we headed out in the morning. We were exactly 25 minutes too early, something that never happens with us! So we sat around in the heat, and waited for our bus. It came, right on time! GREAT AC!!!
Of course, I picked the route where we transfer in the ghetto. Yes sir, everything was fine until we got closer to downtown. My kids are pretty traveled, but they inched so close to me that they could have been my second skin.
It did only take us 36 minutes, and it was really not so bad. Granted, I am used to excentric characters, as I lived downtown Frankfurt and took the subway everywhere. My kids lead a sheltered life of being chauffered around by mama.
In these times of high gas prices and stinky air, that public transit is becoming a very welcome alternative, and I saved about $10 on gas and parking fees. My kids learned that they have a pretty comfy lifestyle, so there was a little lesson for us all on that public bus :)......
3 comments:
I take the bus all the time, I don't drive.
I did get a licence a few years ago because it was on my list of things to do before you die.
But I never used it to actually drive, comes in handy as a second piece of ID though.
I keep getting it renewed and as far as the Dept of Motor Vehicles is concerned I am a licenced driver and - I Can Drive. NOT.
I have been taking publiyc transit exclusively (except when hubby drives me somewhere) and my son has learned to do so and walk everywhere with me.
The result was that he is great on hiking trips into the mountains and shopping trips into the city, doesn't get tired, doesn't whine and enjoys it.
Warriorwitch, that is too funny. I started driving when I was 16, a motorcycle, then a car when I was 18...Getting a license in Germnay is quite an affair, not like here. I have done alot of driving...
Joanne, I never used my car in the city! I love the ease of the subway, and grew up on public transportation, like your son. My kids think PT is like a Disney ride :)...It is very hard switching to PT here, as everything is spread out and made so you basically HAVE to get spread-ass from getting in your car for everything...
We plan on using PT more, and our we are "tricking out" our bikes, LOL.
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