Bus Adventure

Our ride to San Jose went smoothly at first. The weather was nice – we were a little bitter that the sun came out as we were driving away… oh well.

We were aware that our trip MIGHT be impeded by a bridge that is closed during rainy weather. Well, it was! Instead of 3 hours, our trip suddenly jumped to over 5. Alright, girls, get settled!

We enjoyed the mountain scenery and the misty mysteriousness that shrouded each turn and view. It was an ear-popping visual delight as it got dark and the smell of brakes became stronger. Eventually, we thought it might be the clutch. Regardless, our bus could only manage 10mph once out of the mountains and just outside of San Jose. I think he was in denial for about 45 minutes as cars passed us at increasing speeds. Finally, he stopped the bus on the side of the road on the outskirts of San Jose.

Haley and Liz embracing the delay.

The other bus picked up as many as could fit and the rest of us (who didn’t mind a little bus adventure) got out to get something to eat. We were SO hungry and decided to stop at the first place we saw… which turned out to be this go kart sports bar place! (no, no one go-karted, but we watched and cheered). We all agreed it was a little ironic that the first place we saw served American food. They accommodated us nicely and everyone was happy being full.

We brought the bus driver back a sandwich and were really glad we all ate, because the other bus was longer to return than planned and then, since ours wasn’t fixed, they had to unload our bags from the roof and transfer them to the other bus! They were smart about it, though and pulled up close, simply passing the bags to the next bus. After another hour just hanging out on our broken bus, we were loaded and ready to continue!

 

About 10:15, we rolled up to the hotel weary from our bus adventure!