Bussin' It

I'm sad to say that i only take the train twice a week. The other days i take the bus. I actually don't mind the bus because that seems to provide the most entertainment.

This picture was taken the first week it snowed in MN. The commute was pretty slow, but if it weren't for the bus, it would be extremely slow sitting in a car. When my bus arrived downtown, traffic had come to a stand still in the bus lane. The driver ended up letting everyone off a block away from our stop. When i reached the corner of our stop, this is what we found.
My first thought was, wow! i wonder if anyone was standing in the bus shelter and what they thought when this huge bus slid towards them? You can see there isn't a ton of snow on the ground. What you can't see is that the roads hadn't been plowed yet. When roads aren't plowed, snow can be as slick as mud.


I don't have many pictures of my arrival downtown (i'll have to work on that). I do have quite a few of me leaving downtown (hmmm). This is one of my stops. Depending on which bus number i take home, depends on where i stand. Now it's really not that complicated because the 766 goes to Brooklyn Park, and the 780 goes to Maple Grove, so it's pretty evident which stop i need to be at. This is Nicollet and Hennipen. What you don't see is the 10' marble(?) wall behind me. I lean up against it quite often when waiting for the bus.
(This is the stop where a squirrel ran up a lady's pant leg. I think i still have that previous post if you want to read it).


This is my spot on the bus, leaving downtown...






Stay tuned for more pics. from the bus.