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Worst Bus Trip Ever!!!

I went to NYC this past weekend to go to Dorney Park with my brothers and their family and our home church people. Anyways, it turns out that my oldest brother's wife's cousin lives 20 minutes away. So my sister-in-law suggested we come up together :-/. This meant, I couldn't do my usual hang out in DC then catch the last bus. So she picked me up from work on Friday, and parked by my place. And we took the bus and metro to catch the Chinese bus.

So we buy tickets for the 7:30 bus. Around that time, we hear that one of their buses got in a car accident and it caused major traffic on the way back to DC. A good sign of things to come. So the bus eventually comes, around 7:45. And we leave a little after 8 pm. Ten minutes later, the bus stops and the bus driver says, "Hold on for a minute everybody". He gets out, and what do we see, a McDonalds. He comes back and is like "Thanks for letting get some food everybody. It is my birthday, and I've been working all day. Anyone want an apple pie? I have two..." Later on, the bus passes through baltimore, but not like greyhound, where the stop is a few minutes off the highway. This bus goes through Baltimore for about 10-15 minutes, to the next stop. Gross!

After another hour. He gets gas, and tells people they have half an hour to eat and whatever. That definitely sucks. It doesn't feel good, cause it already after 10, and I was planning on getting to nyc around midnight. So around midnight, the bus driver stops at a gas station. We are confused because, we just stopped recently. And 10 minutes later he tells us the bus has a flat tire, so he's calling his boss and so he can know what to do. Finally after about an hour and a half, the new bus comes and we continue on our way. We finally arrive at Penn Station minutes after 2 am.

On the way back, I planned to go to work. So I attempted to catch the 7 am bus from chinatown. However, I was woken up by my cousin-in-law. Which automatically told me I overslept. I leave with her and we get a ride to the subway. We get off at Penn Station 15 minutes before the bus leaves. I was hungry and hoping to get pancakes or hash browns from McDonalds for the ride. However, I had no idea where we were to catch the bus at. So we are walking around Madison Square Garden, and we find the bus about 5 minutes before take off. With no breakfast. He makes his was back down south. And again passes through baltimore. On a local Baltimore street, he stops at some random corner.

Five to ten minutes later, people say he hit a car and is talking with the owner. No one sees any damage to the other car, so we think the other lady is just being a bitch, and we figure they'd switch information and we can all go on our way. Eventually a cop comes, and we figure it'll be done in a few minutes. The driver of the car then comes onto the bus, and starts asking each individual person on the bus for the name, age and address. As she gets closer, I realize she has a gun on her hip.

It turns out the she was in the car with her detective partner. And the bus actually took her car's mirror off. And since it was a police vehicle, the name, age, and address of everyone involved must be recorded. So after an hour and a half. That ordeal was done. We get to the baltimore stop, and then DC by 3.

So Friday's trip from home to home - 5:30 to 3:30, mondays trip from home to home 7:45 - 4:30. SO here is a recommendation for all readers, do BoltBus.com or maybe even washingtondeluxe.com, I've heard good things about both. I know i'll be using them in the future, for sure.