collwen | Transportation for visits.

I need to get up to Albany tonight. Marnen's schedule is so funky that tomorrow morning is going to be the only time he'll be able to see my aunt any time soon (and she's been asking for him). However, he's going to gamelan rehearsal in NYC tonight (because he has a concert in December).

So I'm going to take either the bus or train up and Marnen's going to be meeting me there. It doesn't make sense to have 2 cars up there, especially since we're coming back tomorrow (Marnen has a contra dance here in Poughkeepsie tomorrow night).

I'd take the bus, but it looks like they dropped one of the buses off the schedule and I wouldn't get to Albany until 11pm (leaving Poughkeepise at 6!), or later if the bus is running late. There used to be a bus that left Kingston 10 minutes after the bus from Poughkeepsie got there (unless there was a delay on the bus coming up from NYC into Kingston).

On the other hand, Amtrak's raised their rates by a significant percentage, so now it's over double the amount of the bus ticket.

So either I spend twice as much for the trip, or have to find something to do in Kingston while waiting for the bus to come into the station.

I might take option 2. There's a diner right next to the bus station and I'll just bring a book with me. Even with getting food at the diner it might be cheaper for bus + diner then it would be for just the train.

Then again... doing the math, it might be cheaper/easier to just drive and have two cars (that way I'd also not be stuck leaving when Marnen has too). Have to think about this more.