Day 64: Thurs 12 Feb GREYHOUND

I didn't sleep at all today.

Caught the 5:40am bus to the greyhound station and went to a nearby 7-eleven to stock up on hot drink and snack for the ride. Lucky we caught the earlier bus, because by the time I got back to the station, the people were already queueing up to board the bus. I had a mix up with my ticket and almost forgot to go get the tag thing for my bag from the front desk. Got it just in time.
Train txtd me a 7:15am (my bus left at 7:25) and told me he'd lost his bus transfer to get home, so I had to run and give him $2 to get home with.

Stressing about him made me less stressed, actually, and I got on the bus and everything with no hassels. Had two seats to myself because it wasn't very full.

On the bus, I met two very 'country' boys named Cody and Addy (22 and 20) who are brothers. A few sammies short of a picnic some of the time, but very friendly and very respectuful and old fashioned. We talked for ages on the bus from St Louis to Nashville, TN- they were heading to Florida while I was going to North Carolina, but we had the same busses until we got to Atlanta, GA. I ended up hanging around with them, and Cody helped me carry one of my bags and opened doors for me and things.

Here's a picture of them:
Cody is on the left, Addy the right.

We walked around outside in Nashville for quite a while- we had a 3 hour layover there. Took a bunch of nice photos :)
















Also in Nashville, met a guy named Aaron (but at first I thought it was Eric, then Erin- because of his accent) he's from NSW in Aussie, originally, but has been in the states for ages and has lost his accent in day to day speech. He now lives in Fargo, North Dakota. He reminded me quite a bit of my cousin Johnny, except that he's 19, more emo and has more piercings and tattoos than johnny does :P

Said goodbye to Aaron and Me, Cody and Addy headed to Atlanta, Georgia. When we got there, they didn't have long to wait until their bus came to take 'em to Florida, but I had about an hours wait after they had left. I sat down and did some sudoku then called my family and then my bus arrived :)

The ride to North Carolina from Georgia wasn't too bad, I slept a little bit I think, and it was dark like almost the whole way, so it was easier than earlier on. Plus I didn't have anyone to talk to on this one, so sleep was pretty much my only option and I was hella tired at that point.