Depature

I have been on a Peoria Charter bus two other times in my life. Each time to Six Flags in St. Louis.  Those buses were comfortable even with a three hour trip to St. Louis with no problems. Nothing could have prepared me for the bus we took from the Peoria terminal to Champaign. Not only did the driver of the bus act like she was surprised there were so many of us getting on the bus. Not only that, the bus did not have any heat and the air was blowing. My fingers were numb about 10 minutes into the ride. I mentioned most of this in my previous blog from last night. The train was a much different experience. We had time to sit at the train station and eat some pizza before it arrived. Then once it was arriving we gathered up our belongings and went to the platform to meet it. We were able to easily board the train and they had almost a full car empty for us with a section reserved just for us. Sleeping on the train was a whole other experience. I did not sleep good because I couldn’t find a comfortable position and every time it would start to bounce or shake to much it would startle me awake. Eating on the train was not bad because we broke quite a bit of snacks to nibble on. Items being sold on the train were a little bit pricey but they tasted ok. The people on the train weren’t anything terrible to deal with. No one really bothered me or said much otherwise. Everyone pretty much kept to themselves. All in all the bus was definitely the worst of the two experiences while the train was the best.