The Greyhound has finished

I successfully made it from Columbus, OH to Seattle, WA on three Greyhound buses over the course of 63.5 hours. Whoosh! What a trip, both literally and figuratively. Lots of veterans, including one young Army female with a prosthetic left leg and a Marine with a prescription for marijuana to ease his seizures from an IED. A few tweenies, probably runaways, but already hardened with the grime of road life. One guy with a tattooed face on his way home to Mom from prison, probably drug related if his manic tics and unfocused eyes were his tell. So many others: young moms with toddlers; all sorts setting out in search of jobs; and some, like me, taking a relatively cheap way across the country.

I'm at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport USO until Sunday at 0100 for the next possible trans-Pacific flight. If that doesn't pan out, then I'll probably buy a ticket to Bangkok. Wish me luck on the former!

Out for now. ✌️Read more