Just over a month ago I had my last bus ride home from school as an undergraduate! I like to call myself now the "Bachelorette" since achieving my Bachelors :) It was the perfect ride home; I really couldn't have asked for more. That last week on the bus, I saw the guy who gave me a flower on Valentine's Day, I saw Eddy my singer man, and I saw a friend again who is deaf and I was able to sign with her and get to know her a little better!
I'm excited to say that for Graduate school I will still be riding public transportation, but my new adventures will be on the light rail! I've heard some interesting stories of friends who ride the light rail and it definitely sounds like it too will be just as entertaining. I will definitely miss YoloBus and the downtown Sac bus.
A few bus stories from this summer!
For Father's Day we went to a car museum in Sacramento and saw lots of neat cars from long ago and some from current times. My favorite was the vintage bus built in 1955! I was even allowed to step on and check it out. I felt very special, being a professional bus-blogger and all ;)
It was a neat museum and is changing all the time, check it out!
http://calautomuseum.org/
On a quick flight down to LA, I was going to be car-less and after seeing how expensive rental cars would be, it finally dawned on me to check out the bus situation! I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner, but as soon as I started looking into the routes and costs I was blown away at the simplicity of it. And not to mention the tickets were only $1.50!
After flying into Burbank Airport I had a short walk to nearest major street and hopped on the Burbank Transit!
The bus was clean and comfortable and the driver was very nice. It took me about 20 minutes and then I was in a lovely area in Burbank to spend the afternoon!
It's amazing how hopping on the bus instantly makes you feel more like a resident than a tourist :) I was definitely a proud bus rider there. Oh and these busses have tvs in them, impressive!
The next day I was staying in West Hollywood and needed to get to Burbank for my morning flight. Using my handy phone, I was able to see there was a pickup on the route that would take me back to the airport, only .5 miles from where I was staying!! I took a lovely stroll over to Hollywood Blvd and checked out the stars on the way to my stop.
I hopped on and along the way I saw some fun sights!
Grauman's Chinese Theater was across the street from my stop.
Passed right by Warner Bros studio!
After a quick, relaxing bus ride I was back at the Burbank Airport and hopped right on my flight. It was such nice way to travel and really the cheapest! A rental car would have been around $50 (since I'm under 25...dumb) and a taxi all around those two days would have been at least that much!
Public transportation saves the day, once again!!
Happy summer,
Bus Girl
