巴士之旅（1）：长途旅行

这是我们第二次去黄石公园，十多年前带着儿子去过，那个时候还没有女儿，现在只好替她来补课了。临去之前，我们考虑过自驾游，但是黄石公园实在太远了，最后还是决定跟着旅游团走。

巴士在多个地点接客人，转车，换导游，然后一路狂奔，向着犹他州的盐湖城开去。路上停了几个地点放松，好热的沙漠，不过小孩子觉得挺新鲜，按着杠杆打地下水，玩得不亦乐乎，女儿还与小朋友们争着打水服务哪！

路上经过了California Trail，想想昔日到西部探险的人们，可没有象今天坐着大巴士这么舒服。到了旅馆已经十点了，匆忙地吃了自助晚餐，匆忙地写了旅行日记，然后就倒在床上入梦了。

儿子的记叙

Today was the first day of our Yellowstone vacation. The tour we went on is a bus tour, going all the way from a supermarket near our house until Yellowstone. As expected, the first day of the bus trip was mostly driving. At the moment we are living in a hotel about 15 minutes from the Nevada-Utah border, so we covered quite of miles on the first day. While we didn’t really sightsee anything, we did pass through some important landmarks, including the California-Nevada border, the 40 mile desert, as well as a portion of the California Trail. While staying on a bus for 660 miles might seem to be a type of torture, the ride was not as bad as I had first expected because of interesting anecdotes from our tour guide about previous tours, everyone on the bus introducing ourselves, and watching the movie, Cars.

女儿的广告

Go to Joy Holiday Tours! Our tour guides are friendly, social, and best of all, knowledgeable about how to make a boring trip fun. The first day, you will pass through some very historical areas, such as the California trail, and the 40-mile desert. We make bathroom stops every 2-3 hours, so your bladder won’t explode.

What is the best part of day one? A satisfied customer answers, “I think that the best part of the ride is that the tour guide lets everyone talk about themselves. The second best thing is the pump where you move the handle up and down to get water.”