"I caught the 321 at about 4:30 today (Tuesday, August 8th) at Franconia-Springfield Metro Station. Upon arriving at Van Dorn Metro Station most of the passengers disembarked, the bus driver left the bus, and we waited for about 15 minutes. Very shortly before we left I realized that the bus # had been changed to 322 and we were about to retrace the route we had just taken. No warning or indication of this important fact had been given to me, and had I not looked back at the last minute I would not have realized what was wrong. I quickly went to go get on the new 321, which had been parked behind us. However, as I stepped off the bus the new 321 pulled out. My bus driver tried to flag the other driver down by waving and honking, but she did not stop. We drove a short distance to the exit of the Metro station, and both buses stopped at a red light. My bus driver opened the door and suggested that I try to get on the correct bus again. I ran up and knocked on the door of the 321 but the driver simply waved me away. I went back to my bus (now 322) but the driver honked at the 321 and told me to try again. I did so. Not only did the driver of the 321 not respond when I knocked on the door the second time, she nearly drove over my foot as she pulled away. Defeated I returned to the new 322 and wasted an hour or so retracing my steps to finally arrive at my destination. As a final farewell the bus driver missed my stop by a good 15 yards, and when he realized his mistake, braked so suddenly that I almost fell over (as it happened I swung around and slammed into a seat forward of the rear door.

 

This illogical system of switching bus numbers needs to be changed. There is no warning given or any indication that Van Dorn is the "end of the line" (a ridiculous concept for a route like the Greater Springfield Loop). I had no way of knowing that I was about to be sent back exactly the way I came. Please either change this policy or make it very clear that the bus number will change and that passengers need to transfer buses."

So that was fun. But I'm finally home. I reallllly want to be back on vacation with Michaela. I had forgotten how depressing my house is in the summer with nothing to do but my counselor packet. But I'd better get it done ; )

DEEP CREEK WAS FUN! I wish i couldv'e stayed much much longer. They managed to pack a lot of the exciting stuff into the first few days so I wouldn't miss it. We got there on Saturday afternoon. Sunday we went jetsking. That was very very muchly FUN to say the least. I even got a chance to drive Michaela around...how bout that for an exciting change of pace?! =P Monday we went out on the motor boat and attempted to wake board. Scratch that, we attempted to try to get up on the wake board. That was interesting, but I'm sure Michaela will be a pro in 5 years. We also got dragged around on the big inner tube which was fun, but much more challenging w/ 3 people hehe Michaela was the first to fall off, but thats prolly cause i kept landing on her (they put me in the middle because i'm the fattest...i caught all the splashes =P). We kneeboarded too, another first for me. Needless to say I wasnt as good as Michaela or (perhaps more surprisingly because it was her first time too) Chelsea.
hmmm what else. Pool table in the basement, I think i'm not quite as bad as I used to be, but....yeah.

Thank you Michaela for inviting me, and thank you Michael and Hazel for everything, and thank you Chelsea for being cool and making Michela laugh and for hangin out w/ us.

This is going to be a long week. Have fun out there!

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