Guest blogger-Melissa!

Earlier in the fall, my friend Melissa came up from SoCal to visit for a few days. She needed to get to the Sac airport from my apartment while I was at work. What to do?! I mentioned she could uber for pretty cheap OR she could just take the bus for $2.  I assumed she'd uber, but to my surprise she said, "I'll try the bus!" I gave her a run down of the route and what to do and she trusted me! I was so proud of her! Thankfully, she shared her cute story with me so I'll share with you too! Happy holidays everyone!

Here's my cute little bus rider and myself back in October in Vegas :)

"I walked past the bus stop about 10 minutes prior to scheduled departure time and the only bus parked said 'not in service.' So I'm wondering how much the bus is, I have exactly $2 and then a $5. So I go to Starbucks to get some $1s and order my PSL. Huge line at Starbucks so I'm anxiously awaiting my drink so I can find the bus. There are some taxis parked near the bus stop and when they see me approaching they were excited about their potential customer. I ask how much to get to the airport, they say $30. I giggled and said psssh I'll take the bus. They say No, you'll go faster with us. I say, I need to get there cheaper not faster! I see the bus! I run toward it and the smiling bus attendant says airport?! And I said yep! (Maybe the single leopard luggage bag tipped her off). She said, normally I don't let drinks on my bus, but if you're careful I'll let you have one. I took a seat, glad there was only me and one other gentleman on because I knew they could tell it was my first ride. The other rider dropped his sealed water bottle half way into the trip and it was rolling around. I yelled 'not mine!' And the driver started laughing.  15 minutes later we arrived to the airport. I tried to exit through the front door but people were already coming on. I said 'woops, I think I'm goin the wrong way.' The driver says, 'No, you're doing just fine'. I think she was trying to reassure me which I appreciated, but somehow I felt silly for feeling so out of my element... It was just a city bus ride... In my own state. Not a foreign country where my phone doesn't have GPS and people don't speak English. Lovely first bus ride experience."