It's been 10 years since I rode Greyhound for a girl

[Robb]

....And I'm doing it again next weekend. She's driving this way for some Thanksgiving, then we're headed over to her end of the state to hang out with her friends.

Then the mighty bus back here on Sunday.

Ten years ago, I would ditch classes and travel nine hours on Greyhound to visit my sweetie at the time. Pretty often, one spring. I got quite good at it.

Now, oddly enough, another woman and another Greyhound plan. More oddly, she has the same name as the last woman I rode for.

Even more oddly, it doesn't feel like backsliding. :) Ever ride the red-white-and-blue for a sweetie?

[Drum]

1. I took a 20+hr Greyhound ride,

NYC to Duluth MN once, to see someone I was smitten with. Unfortunately it was during a Greyhound strike, and was a nightmare journey and much longer than it shoulda been. Of course, once my feet hit the ground again and I saw her smile, discomfort was instantly forgotten.... It was only a long-weekend trip, but we went canoe-camping in the boundary lakes between MN and Canada. Priceless!

[rug]

27. Scab.

[Drum]

29. No scab here...I was just a customer.

And bus was unavoidable because of the $ diff with any other way of traveling.

rug, are you snarking on my fond recollection with some presumed organized-labor thing??

:shrug:

[rug]

31. No. Here's some lyrics to go along with the memory.

AMERICA

"Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together"
"I've got some real estate here in my bag"
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America

"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now"
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I've gone to look for America

Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said "Be careful his bowtie is really a camera"

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat"
"We smoked the last one an hour ago"
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all gone to look for America
All gone to look for America
All gone to look for America

[Drum]

32. Thank you. nt

[Drum]

28. self-delete, wrong reply-to....nt

[livetohike]

2. No but my husband did

He left Haight-Ashbury back in 1972 and rode the Greyhound back to Pittsburgh and we've been together ever since :-).

[lizziegrace]

3. Haven't gone Greyhound

but I've driven all-night. :)

[BarenakedLady]

4. Yes

I used to take the bus back and forth from Boston to Providence every weekend to see my boyfriend at the time. I should have stayed in Boston studying. :banghead:

[billyskank]

10. .....

:hug:

[BarenakedLady]

16. Hehe

You damn men! You are the bane of my exsistence! :rofl:

[billyskank]

19. Yes, we should be banned

:)

[BarenakedLady]

20. Oh no no no

I love men.

:loveya:

I feel a song coming on

"men men men men men men men men"

Ignore me, I'm just in a silly mood. :+

[ForrestGump]

5. Twenty-one years for me

:D

You romantic fool. Go get her. Traveling forward all the time, of course... :headbang:

[rustydog]

6. Your post reminded me of the Oleta Adams song....

Get Here
Recorded By: Oleta Adams

You can reach me by railway, you can reach me by trailway
You can reach me on an airplane, you can reach me with your mind
You can reach me by caravan, cross the desert like an Arab man
I don't care how you get here, just - get here if you can

You can reach me by sail boat, climb a tree and swing rope to rope
Take a sled and slide down the slope, into these arms of mine
You can jump on a speedy colt, cross the border in a blaze of hope
I don't care how you get here, just - get here if you can

There are hills and mountains between us
Always something to get over
If I had my way, surely you would be closer
I need you closer

(interlude, then repeat bridge)

You can windsurf into my life, take me up on a carpet ride
You can make it in a big balloon, but you better make it soon
You can reach me by caravan, cross the desert like an Arab man
I don't care how you get here, just - get here if you can

I don't care how you get here, just -- get here if - you can.

[Dangerously Amused]

7. That's not only disgusting, it's illegal AND a sin.

Pervert.

[billyskank]

11. thrrrrrrrrrrp

:P





















:loveya

:hi:

[Dangerously Amused]

18. Hi baby!

I been missin' on you, mister.



:loveya:


:hug:

[buddhamama]

8. your post reminded me of "America" by Simon and Garfunkel

let's hope your experience is as interesting as the song. Have fun! and Happy Thanksgiving!

America:

let us be lovers well marry our fortunes together
Ive got some real estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and mrs. wagner pies
And we walked off to look for america
kathy, I said as we boarded a greyhound in pittsburgh
michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from saginaw
Ive gone to look for america

Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera

toss me a cigarette, I think theres one in my raincoat
we smoked the last one an hour ago
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

kathy, Im lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping
Im empty and aching and I dont know why
Counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike
Theyve all gone to look for america
All gone to look for america
All gone to look for america

[billyskank]

12. Hey buddhamama

:loveya: :hi:

[buddhamama]

13. Hi billy

:hi: :loveya:

[jonnyblitz]

9. i have done greyhound from boston to san diego and

san franscico to boston, 3 1/2 day trips. they were adventures to say the least. for some reason I always met people who were going almost as long a distance on each trip.

oh yeah I also did Nashua, NH to Birmingham, Alabama once, round trip. 24 hours each way.

[YDogg]

14. Your post reminded me of Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round,
round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
all through the town.

The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish.
The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish,
all through the town.

The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep.
The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep,
all through the town..

The money on the bus goes, Clink, clink, clink;
Clink, clink, clink;
Clink, clink, clink.
The money on the bus goes, Clink, clink, clink,
all through the town.

The Driver on the bus says "Move on back,
move on back, move on back;"
The Driver on the bus says "Move on back",
all through the town.

The baby on the bus says "Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah".
The baby on the bus says "Wah, wah, wah",
all through the town.

The mommy on the bus says "Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush."
The mommy on the bus says "Shush, shush, shush"
all through the town.

- - - - -
(c)1992, Adapted by Judy and David Gershon (SOCAN)

[Burma Jones]

15. Took the Greyhound from DC to Houston

Met many many interesting Characters on that 36+ hour ride............

[ceile]

23. No, but I did ride one for 48hrs.

Cherry Hill, NJ to Austin. It wasn't all that bad. Met some pretty neat people. Would I do it again-hell NO!

[Mojambo]

17. There's not a girl alive that could get me to do the Greyhound thing ever again. n/t

[jus_the_facts]

21. Safe passage Robb.....

....hope ya'll have a great holiday! :hi: :hug:

[Parche]

22. greyhound

Isnt this a Country music song????

[skygazer]

24. Never for a sweetie

But I've taken my share of long bus rides - the longest being from Watsonville, California to Brattleboro, Vermont. That one got me smoking cigarettes again. ~sigh~

It would be much more pleasant if I knew there was someone special at the other end. Have a great holiday, Robb. :hi:

[Schema Thing]

25. This is all some sort of sick euphemistic code talk, init?

geez I can't keep up with the way language changes. "ride greyhound for a girl"? "it doesn't feel like backsliding"? "ever ride the red-white-and-blue"?

well, anyway :toast:







:P

[Drum]

30. lol!

:toast:

[WindRavenX]

26. Every weekend last year I took Greyhound from Boston to NYC.

I have very found memories :)

We'd get to his place in Astoria, Queens and go to the best diner. Then we'd run to his place and have outrageous sex:D