My First Bus Adventure

Last night, after much deliberation (and a thunder storm) I decided to not ride my bike and take the bus. I have never ridden the bus in Denver before, but I had taken the train in Italy and the subway in Paris, so I figured I could handle it.

After a short walk, I sat down at the bus stop bench to wait for the number 2 bus. I was about 10 minutes early, so I decided to read a book I had brought along for the trip. After a few minutes 2 men biked up and asked if I was waiting for the number 2 or had they missed it. I confirmed it was on its way. At that time they thought it would be totally appropriate to smoke some pot. I am not kidding you people, right there on the corner of University and 1st Ave.

To give these guys some credit, they did spend about 10 minutes talking to me, educating me about transfers and schedules and then proceeded to show me how to put a bike on the front of the bus. Pretty cool dudes in my book.

I enjoyed the ride. I finished the chapter in my business book I had been ignoring and even realized how stress free it is to just ride along and let someone else worry about traffic, pedestrians and red lights.

After about 25 minutes I did my transfer from the #2 to the #32 bus. 7 short minutes later I was walking to my destination, feeling stress free and happy.

What a great way to get around, and all for $2.00.

All you readers out there (how many of them are you now - 10, 11, 12 - the numbers are staggering) if you haven't ridden the bus yet - I say just do it.

Thanks Aunt Jan and Sister-in-law Suzanne for the recommendation and the encouragement.