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From New York to San Francisco
JD:
to the greyhounds!
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Then they DEFINITELY need to bring themselves something to entertain themselves. Greyhounds are boring and the stations are kind of depressing. Take Megabus instead! It's cheaper! Or a train! Sometimes they have wifi! If they are flying, well, hey, that's cool.
jimbunny:
I'd recommend, once they've done the Northeast (quickly, because it's pricey as hell if you don't have your own transportation), get all of their checklist cities (friends/family?) out of the way as fast as possible. Then meander up from Flagstaff through the Grand Canyon, Utah, Colorado, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and then into California from the north (which is where most of the best parts are). Preferably by train as much as possible. LOTS of beautiful scenery. I don't know how old you have to be to stay in a national park, but they all (and there's a good number of them along the way) come highly recommended. If they're at all interested in the outdoors, cities like Moab, UT and Boulder, CO offer a lot of great opportunities.
ackblom12:
actually, Greyhound has started offering Wi-Fi on some of their buses.
Just sayin.
benji:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 02 Apr 2010, 07:20 --- I doubt there are train connections, and please don't tell me a couple of pretty young girls are planning to hitch-hike across the country.
--- End quote ---
Of the actual checklist cities, the only ones that don't have easy, no transfer Amtrak routs are NoLa to Flagstaff and Flagstaff to SF. And Flagstaff to SF is pretty much just a transfer in LA or Oakland.
On the bright side, one of the routes to Flagstaff is through Chicago, so that's a cool city to plan a stop at anyway. Though it would take a couple days to get there.
Both Amtrak and Greyhound let you buy a pass for as many rides as you'd like for a given period of time.
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