As clapping signalled the arrival of a dozen more migrants, including one woman nursing a baby, Manuel Vásquez and his 12-year-old son, Elmer, left for the bus station to embark on a three-day, four-bus voyage to meet family in New Jersey.
"I felt like I was too good for the bus," said Carr, recalling her virgin voyage last October with a mixture of embarrassment and marvel.
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And while each and every one of them deserves a chance to get right with the law, one provocative bus trip may well seem like a voyage to nowhere, given the dismal state of Congress and the low odds of immigration reform.
The "Dragon Wagon" as we dubbed it, made her major maiden voyage with minimal incident aside from the bus doors blowing open outside of Calgary, calling for us to tie them down so we could keep driving.
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner took the time to speak to me as she embarked on the maiden voyage of her "Courage Express" -- a school bus with a shiny makeover, a modest alternative to the rock star-quality campaign tour bus that typically rents for two grand a week.
We were 18 again out on that ship," said Mr. Sadlier, a bus driver from Ketchikan, Alaska, who was the cook for the voyage.
That's not to say Caribbean voyages lack cultural enrichment or even mild activities like walking or bus tours, but the selection isn't as varied as other itineraries.
It is a wild, frightening, competitive and lonely voyage into the world of frenzied fan bases, full-time coaching staffs, cross-province bus travel and host families, known as billets.
