Happy 4th of July....

We are not really having a happy independence from ourselves. It started out not that well at approximately 1.55pm on the 3rd and has continued to be hilarious to those who arent us, pretty much ever since.
1) we have to arrive an hour before our bus to check ourselves in as we have an 'all america discovery pass' which enables us to use the Greyhounds whenever, wherever, for 60 days. So we turned up at the station, the lovely Mitch, from our hostel dropping us off, we checked in, dumped our bags in the line with others waiting for our bus and retreated to read our books. When the time came to board we stood with our bags for an hour before eventually getting them on. we boarded the bus and..there were 2 free seats but these were half occupied by 2 large ladies who were also filling their own seats, and im not talking occupied as in with hand luggage, im talking excess BODY. NOT COOL. I guess this is a problem that is faced a lot in America, with the new 'supersize everything' culture, but at the very least supersize the seats too. So. we couldnt go. We off loaded our stuff and ranted and then walked to the trainstation where we were politely informed, thank you maa'm that the next train to Albuquerque was in the morning.

We took refuge in a microbrewery where we tried many different types of ale and then went back to the bus station to catch the 7.50 bus. An hour early obviously.

2) Bags back in the queue, bus is half an hour late. Sigh sigh huff huff. Anyway, the bus arrived, people got off, we got on. There might be a problem with it. we got off, we got on. At 10pm we set off, approximately 3 minutes down the road the bus does a massive U-turn and heads right back to the station. We get off. The mechanic turns up 45mins later. The bus is a write off but its fine, one is going to be sent for, coming from Phoenix, 3 hours away, so feel free to get on the bus and just relax. ma'am. By now it is midnight, we should have been at our HOTEL with Tempur-pedic beds and a 40inch flat screen tv 2.5 hours ago.
3 hours later and we get on the new bus, sleep terribly, if at all, and by 10am we get to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

3) We decide to treat ourselves to a taxi as it is hot and we are exhausted. There arent any.

4) We turn up at the hotel, sweating and exhausted, to find we've traveled into a new time zone and although breakfast (included) is 6-10, it is now 11am.

5) So, we have spent most of this holiday trying to catch up on sleep. We eventually did venture out to an All You Can Eat Brazilian Meat Grill and are now so full we can hardly move. Happy 4th July everyone.


Love you all