So adventurous is not a way I would describe myself, nor would anyone that knows me. That being said - I took a big step this past weekend and created my own mini summer adventure... I'm laughing myself as I write this because that is the best word to describe this trip. I ended up dubbing the weekend "Utah/LV Planes, Buses, and Automobiles"
The first leg of the trip consisted of an 875 mile drive from Seattle, WA to Orem,UT to relocate my good friend Angel (see previous post). We drove 15 hours in her packed Chevy Equinox along the Old Oregon Trail (I-84). From 7:30 am until 11:45 pm we only stopped once for food, twice for coffee, and 3 times for gas. I saw tumbleweed, mountains, lighting storms, and forest fires in the distance. It was a very tranquil drive, nothing too busy to but not very scenic hahaha. The highlight of my drive brings out the nerd in me, as a child of the 80s, I LOVED playing the Oregon Trail... yes the black screen w/ green letters on the large floppy disks - dos version. Anyway - once you get into Oregon on I-84, it becomes part of the actual Oregon Trail path. I pulled over somewhere in Idaho to snap this pic. Can you see the excitement on my face? no really - I was super excited! hahaha
My second leg - which I really do regret but it was the BIG adventure part - consisted of a 7.25 hour Greyhound bus ride via I-15 for 387 miles from Orem, UT to Las Vegas, NV. YES - I the germaphobe booked a Greyhound ticket. NO ONE SAID ANYTHING until the day before I left about how sketch it really was. I was going by what my east coast friends who swear by Greyhound and talk about how great it is... spacious, plugins, wifi etc... um yeah it's really different in Utah. I will spare most of the details but these:
My bus stop was at a 76 gas station and the bus was over an hour late but no one knew where it was.
I did have a lysol mini can with me and some antibacterial wipes when I boarded. yes - they were all gone when I got off the bus.
I didn't sleep because the guy in front of me was talking/yelling to the gal to my right and the guy behind me about how he thinks religion should be based on just killing the people you dislike and how he takes the Greyhound bc they don't check for weapons.
I stayed awake clutching my backpack with my hoodie zipped up and my hood on the entire ride - I was sweating like no other but I didn't actually touch the seat with any part of my body.
Needless to say, I did NOT use the bathroom on the bus or at any of the "stops". The second we got into Las Vegas I ran to the Golden Nugget to wash my hands and use the restroom before I was scooped up by JJ and started the 3rd leg of my Adventure.
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