I took a trial run out to the bus stop to time the trip... 25 minutes. Proud of myself that I found it. I feel more ready now!
After looking at prices I had decided to buy a monthly bus pass. It's the best deal. Even better, after staring at both the OCTA web page and the LA Metro web page and making a phone call, I figured out that I can just buy the OCTA monthly pass. It turns out that the OCTA pass is honored by one LA Metro line and that is the line I'm going to be traveling. Yay to not having to buy two bus passes each month! $55 for an OCTA monthly pass. Any other LA lines I need to ride on won't be covered, but I don't think I'll be riding the LA lines enough to justify the $75 monthly cost.
I messed up on buying a bus pass! I had meant to stop and buy one when I was taking my grandkids to the bounce house place on Wednesday and I forgot. Then, I was going to stop on the way back to their house, but Logan was asleep and it just didn't seem right to wake him. I had seen that they sold the passes on-line too. So, I decided to wait. Then, Thursday, when I went on-line to buy it, I found out if you buy that way they mail it to you! That wasn't going to work at all!
OCTA also sells their passes at some Ralph's grocery stores so, I looked up the map of those. Turns out, since they are "ORANGE county transit" that they don't sell them in LA county (or that is what their site seems to be saying). I found the closest grocery that sells them. It was 5 miles away.
Fortunately, Charles came over to help me figure out how to fold my scooter and he took me to buy my bus pass too!
So, now I have:
Printed bus routes
Bus Pass
Scooter that folds (turns out it was just very stuck)
Backpack (loaned to me by Charles)
Blinky Red lights for backpack (I had these, I like blinky lights ;-) )
Camelback bladder that fits in the backpack (Lola gave this to me last burning man and I hadn't used it yet!)
Headlamp (not sure I need this, but nice to have extra light if needed and it has a red light too)
Insulated Clothing (All those years of camping trips and going to burning man does pay off in preparedness!)
Ipod with music and audio books loaded on it for the trip
Book for the trip
Charles had to show me how to use the backpack correctly, and the camelback too.... I had never used one of those before. I'm not sure how you clean the things. So, I've just stayed away from them. Now, though, it seems like the best way to carry and have water available.
I'm really thrilled with the backpack he brought. I had looked at some but they all seemed too wide for me (I'm a small-ish person). I think this one is just the right width, with lots of storage pockets and even a space for the camelback bladder to go into. It all seems like it is coming together!
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