Activating a K-1 on a Greyhound?

[Leafgal 3]

Just know this Galateia eventually this will all be a funny memory you will tell your grandkids.

[kimmbo 0]

I just want to say good luck to you!! It will all work out!! Looking forward to your POE review!

[zyggy 9]

Unfortunately staying over the night before isn't an option. The customs official assured me that they would not permit the bus to leave without me, and worst comes to worst, at around 2 pm I get stuck at the Tunnel and have to find means to get to the airport.

If the Robert Q doesn't go through the tunnel, it won't work for me. Thanks for the info on the Tunnel bus; I called around and the Tunnel Bus leaves from the same terminal in Windsor that the Greyhound drops me off at. Totally bizzare: The fare from KW to Detroit is shy of $51, but the fare from KW to Windsor is $58? Yeesh.

The guy at the Tunnel info line (519-944-4111) gave me a toll-free number to figure out the public transit options from where the Tunnel Bus drops us off to the airport. Turns out that number is the Smart Bus you mentioned. I'll have to try calling them again when I get back to the dentist.

Assuming the everything goes to plan (HA!!) I should be able to take the next Tunnel Bus to mosey along if I get stuck in customs.

I checked the website for the Marriott at the Renaissance Center but they don't offer shuttle service, unfortunately. It also says this hotel is 1 mile from they Greyhound terminal ... did you mean a different hotel?

To be continued ....

The tunnel bus doesn't let you off at the greyhound terminal in Detroit. If drops you off at Customs and that's it. After that, you have to walk from the tunnel to where you want to go. The Mariott is right next dor to the tunnel. You can take a cab from the Marriott to the airport, or you can walk the three blocks to the bus stop in front of the Coleman Young Municipal Center (Ctity-County Building) to catch the SMART bus to the airport. The greyhound terminal is on the outskirts of downtown by the old MGM Casino at the Lodge Freeway and Lafayette, so a mile away from the tunnel and the RenCen is about right. It's a pretty long walk from there to anywhere and there's pretty much nothing around it to go to. I wouldn't want to hang out around that part of town. They're building a new bus terminal closer to the center of downtown, but it's not done yet.

The tunnel bus has two drop off locations in Detroit: "Cobo Hall" and the corner of "Washington and Michigan". I am aware they do not drop off at the greyhound - I didn't say that they did.

So therefore the Greyhound is super close to the tunnel as well?

Just got off the phone with SMART; they said I get off at Cobo Hall and walk a few blocks to catch the 125. She said I have to go to the MacNamara terminal because I'm flying with Continental, who failed to inform me which terminal I was going to in my e-ticket . Confirmed on DTW's website.

The Tunnel bus was a great idea! Thanks.

In other news, I have no cavities, just random inexplicable pain in two teeth that keeps me awake at night. Oh joy!

I am going to be sooo glad when all the hoopla is over. Apparently I intermittently grind my teeth at night when I'm stressed, or so sayeth my dentist.

I am coming within a hairsbreadth of nagging my poor guy to get ahold of his friend who lives in the town we're getting married in so we can get that done in time for me to file my EI.

It feels like I knock one problem down and another springs up in it's place like a bloody hydra. Die, creature of logistical nightmare, die!

Yeah.. the bus station in Windsor is like 2 blocks from the tunnel... From the tunnel bus, get off at Cobo and walk a few blocks to Woodward and Larned (Coleman Young Municipal building, near the Spirit of Detroit statue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Detroit ). and Continental does leave from the McNamara treminal, but you can take the bus to the Smith terminal as well, the airport has shuttle busses between the terminals than run every 5 to 10 minutes or so.

Edited May 13, 2008 by zyggy