So it’s 3:47am and I’m on the MegaBus on my way to Chicago. The experience has been mixed and makes me a little nervous about travels to come. Word to the wise—if you can afford (somewhere in your budget, though it’s not in ours) to buy a separate ticket for your child on travels over a certain time limit, it may just save your sanity and your back to have him/her in a car seat. Then again, if your spouse is merciful and not sick (and convinced he’s going to die of a cold), he may help for at least some of the trip. In any case, it is rather difficult trying to sleep with a load of over 20 lbs. in your arms and no real space for you nor her to stretch. Another lesson learned—bring water. I’m sooo incredibly thirsty and I don’t think we’re going to stop until we arrive in Chicago around 6:45! Ahhh!
As for an actual overview of MegaBus, the experience has been just that—an experience. I’ve nothing to really complain about that you wouldn’t hear about any other bus system. The seats are what they are, and it’s certainly clean. Our driver has been professional and efficient and we did stop earlier on in the journey for a bit of a rest. My one complaint is that they advertise wireless access but I have yet, in the 7 hours we’ve been on the road, to get any access at all (so I’m writing this entry in Word to publish later, though as I type we’re pulling in to a rest stop where perhaps I can get access enough to plot out our walk from Union Station to the Brazilian Consulate and to e-mail some people to see if othey’re available to meet up at some point before our trip back….
Will write more later, perhaps on the trip back to KC.