I’m contemplating catching a bus to Alpena, which is costly only in terms of time; in the neighborhood of ten hours, one way. The trip takes between four or five hours in an automobile, so ten is rather discouraging. I checked the Grey Hound website and found a round trip ticket to be $109. If I head up on Friday and come back Monday I would have to days in town so the trip would definitely fall within my budget of $400. I spent most of the day debating whether I should bite the bullet and head up. The two travel days would likely be unpleasant yet the other two would be fun, serving as a nice mini-vacation prior to the start of fall term. I eventually decided to go for it, paid for my ticket
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