Greyhound bus - did you ever take a trip?

In the seventies we took our two teenagers from Montreal to Daytona Beach several times on the
Grey hound bus. Took our own sandwiches and drinks. The restrooms in the terminal was not
always clean, and we would never allow the teenagers to use them without one of us being with them.
These were package deals including hotel and transportation, the only way we could afford to go
to Florida in those days.
 

One of my college buddies "rode the hound" from Albany GA to Elberton GA, took him 14 hours. It stopped at every podunk wide spot in the road (they carried packages in those days). He never set foot on one again...
 
JB in SC said:
One of my college buddies "rode the hound" from Albany GA to Elberton GA, took him 14 hours. It stopped at every podunk wide spot in the road (they carried packages in those days). He never set foot on one again...
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Some of those podunk bus stops were kind of charming back in the day. Good food and ....SOUVENIRS!! :) The locals who worked in them had plenty of stories to tell. Would make a good documentary film.

I remember that expression "rode the hound".
 

ClassicRockr said:
Well, folks that use the "f" word, without even thinking about how some feel about folks that say it or other cuss words.

Folks that don't believe in using deodorant or brushing their teeth/mouthwash.

Folks that have a tremendous odor of cigarette smoke on their clothes and/or on their breath.

Shall I continue?:)
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Nah, I got it. I do recall one of my college roommates telling us about a very amorous couple in the seats behind her.
 
I don't know if it was a Greyhound, but back in 1984, when my daughter turned 21, I treated her to a trip to Las Vegas. It was a ''red-eye'', we left about 6pm, got there for a few hours, then got back on the bus at about 4 or 6am, don't remember. The bus driver got his sleep while we were gambling. I'm not much of a gambler and after a couple of hours I was bored. And, sleepy, too. During the ride there, everyone in the bus was sleeping but I could not sleep, kept worrying that the bus driver would fall asleep at the wheel (it was dark) and would plunge us off a cliff. Same thing on the way home. Then when I got home I conked out. Never did it again.
 
squatting dog said:
Wheew. I'm safe. weren't me. :) in 1969, I was busy in south east Asia slogging through the jungle. :(
Missed the moon landing, woodstock, and no telling what else.
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Okay, we'll acquit you of all charges. :shrug:

And thank you for your service. Several of my relatives were there with you and they all came back. :angel:
 
Never been on one but,a big ol' Greyhound brought my man back to me in 1976. He got lost for a minute down in Alabama,while I was stuck in Tennessee...:sentimental:
 
Yes I went on a skiing trip in Quebec with a friend of mine who went to western university. It was so much fun except she got me to go down the mogul hills which are for advanced skiers (which I was NOT!) Luckily the ski patrol guy who helped me was really handsome and later asked me to dance at the New Years party so the joke was on her. Lol
 

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