My trip to NE USA will take my from NYC to Buffalo via Rochester NY, Buffalo to Chicago IL, then Cleveland OH, before coming back through Niagara Falls, and Toronto.
I seem to be writing quite a bit for each day, so use the Prev and Next links to go from day to day
I got a copy of all the photos taken on Coriander's camera, these can be viewed here.
6.30 made it out of bed. woot
i am now on the bus, 7 hour of travel ahead of me. i have noticed there are no seatbelts ...
1050 bus breaks down. several stop starts later we move off. not looking promising though. the engine is shuddering somewhat. we have now stopped by the roadside and the driver is on the phone. he has fiddled about with the engine to no avail
looks like they'll have to send another coach, which could take a few hours of waiting
1220 a trailways bus picks us up, and we are on our way again. this is an express bus from nyc to toronto so we change at syracuse. fortunately there was gprs coverage in the area so i got to chat with the brig spods :-)
the driver tells us that there are busses waiting for us in syracuse. there are a few people who have to get a bus back from binghamton to the other stops between scranton and there.
we are now leaving binghamton and are 90 mins behind schedule
syracuse was a bit chaotic. we were told we could all take a break, but when we got there they told the toronto/buffalo group to get back on. this made leaving the bus quite hard as people were coming back on.
the greyhound was ready but i was told to wait in the station. this made me nervous as i hadn't seen anyone else being told that.
eventually i got on the bus and we left 100 mins behind my original schedule. ETA rochester 5.30
I arrived in Rochester at 5.30 exactly, and Scott got lost trying to find the entrance. Finally meet up and now I am enjoying their hospitality.. I have also managed to catch up with DarkGoddess so I /will/ get to meet her in Chicago, woot! :)