On The Road Again – 0149hrs

First… I forgot to post a trip I took Saturday night the 24th.

I had 803 again, one of the newer / nicer Setra’s… had to get into the shop at Midnight to get the bus, then had to drive the 4 hours for a pickup at 0430 in Machias, ME (far east coast of Maine), then did a driver swap in Topsham where that driver took the crew to Fenway for a Redsox game.  a third driver swapped again in Topsham to take them back.  Nothing much to report on the trip… other than that’s a long boring-ass trip to the left edge of Maine!

Had another run today… Auburn Middle School.. pickup at 0830 yesterday morning going to North Andover, MA (I495) so they could some band concert thing, then 20 minutes up the road (and I93) into Salem, NH to hit Canobie Lake Park until 2100 hours.  Brought them back to Auburn for a 2330 drop off, back to the shop to post-trip the bus and finish paperwork.  Just getting home now…  by the way.. this is a 5 speed MANUAL bus!

This was MY office for the day:

As I was saying… got back without incident.  She’s an older standard transmission bus, with no pull left in her… but once you wind her up and get to rolling, she’ll hum along sweetly as long as you please!

Gonna be gone all this coming week… have a trip to DC starting tonight (Sat 31st)… will be gone until Friday night… I should have internet from the hotels we stay at, so hopefully I’ll keep you posted as we go.  Two busses of students doing the whole visit DC thing… lots of moves and waits…but might give Mr. Wong a chance to rear his ugly head!