As a greyhound user from 1998 to 2016. I've traveled most of western Canada on them buggers. Can't count how many overnight runs I've done on the Calgary to Vancouver route. Too many. The Dolldrums hit you hard.
Worse is the Edmonton to Saskatoon run. Long, boring, full of KFC bucket folk. It was always a keep you on you toes trip as made stops in North Battleford and Lloydminster.
There ft.mac folk and then there small city saskie folk.
I have many memories of the Kamloops depot, the Edmonton depot being really gross. Although, it did have an A&W in it, maybe the best food in all the depots maybe.
When I lived in Canmore and Banff, I took that thing to Calgary so many times. 20 bucks was worth it.
I think I had like a turbo emergency once where I had to use the toilet, scary thing to do when your driver is snaking through Salmon arm at mock chicken speeds at 3 in the A.M.
The end of greyhound bummed me out a bit. The end of an era will do that. Even if the entire scene was the literal visualization of what depression looked like.
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