Where were you guys when I came across country by Greyhound Bus with three kids 8, 6 and 5??? I was by myself with the three kids and first thing out of the bus driver's mouth is that we'd have to sit in the very back of the bus...wasn't gonna happen! We picked the first seats up front, by doing that we avoided a lot of the main problem of carsickness, the kids could see where we were going and they were very well behaved....

At the rear of the bus were some thugs who didn't want anyone using the restroom...they always had their feet against the door and they had brought booze on the bus. When my 8 year old went to use the restroom he came back saying they wouldn't let him in, I went back and had a chat with them...
they could let my children, and everyone else use the restroom, or I'd snitch that they had booze....after that when one of the kids had to go, soon as they stood up, one of those guys would come up front and escort a child back and see that they got up front again without falling because of movement from the bus. Couldn't ask for a nicer bunch of guys.

When I left Erie, PA headed for Phoenix, AZ I had a $20 bill, and three kids to feed...the driver would point out cheap places for me to feed the kids or he would hold the kids on the bus while I ran for food and one time the bus started leaving the terminal while I was still at the fast food place, and he pulled up out front and picked me up!! The driver bought the kids a couple meals, and passengers were buying them meals because they were so well behaved....when I got to Phoenix I still had $4.00 in my pocket!

That was back in 1978, that wouldn't happen now, I don't think...but it was a trip to be remembered.