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FREAKING OUT!
10 March 2007 12:11 pmSo I was just trying to figure out where the PVTA stop in Amherst is for a friend of mine who's coming to Conbust and taking Amtrak into Amherst, and in looking at the schedule, my eye happened to fall on the little box *End of December and Spring Break service, which says that there's reduced service from March 19-23. But that's okay, because I'm leaving on the 17th. But just to make sure, I thought that I'd check the next little boxes for No Service and Service Ends Early. AND THE SCHEDULE SAYS THAT THERE ISN'T ANY SERVICE NEXT SATURDAY! When, excuse me, but I need to get to the Amtrak station in Amherst. Not only that, but Ingrid's coming with me, and she also needs to get there. I can't leave on Friday; even if I didn't have class until either 12:10 or 4:00, I've already bought the Amtrak ticket for Saturday.
So I need to get to Amherst. Can I walk? More to the point, can Ingrid walk, because she'll have more baggage than I will, and she doesn't handle cold as well. Is there some other way to get there? The PVTA site (which, by the way, is supremely unhelpful) says that the last bus from Smith to Hampshire is at 7:30 Friday night. I do not want to spend Friday night sleeping on the street in Amherst. I don't want to spend Saturday morning until 1:19 there either. My guess would be that this is also not high on Ingrid's list of things to do over spring break (although I haven't actually asked her).
Is there another way to get to Amherst? I've heard about taxis, but people say that they have strange hours, and goodness knows if they'll be running over spring break - besides, I'm not keen to pay for taxi fare.
Mapquest says that it's 8 miles from the Alumnae House to the Amtrak station in Amherst. Eight miles isn't really that far, but it would take me two or three hours worth of walking, if the weather were optimal, I wasn't carrying anything, and I didn't get lost. It would take less on my bike, but Ingrid doesn't have a bike, and I would have the issue of what to do with my bike once I got to Amherst. I don't want to leave it there, and I'm not even sure if I can take it with me.
Also, I hate mapquest. It's being very useful, but its utter inability to find ANYTHING is soon going to drive me crazy. That is, crazier than I've already been driven by this whole PVTA not running next Saturday business.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm sort-of at the end of my tether here.
So I need to get to Amherst. Can I walk? More to the point, can Ingrid walk, because she'll have more baggage than I will, and she doesn't handle cold as well. Is there some other way to get there? The PVTA site (which, by the way, is supremely unhelpful) says that the last bus from Smith to Hampshire is at 7:30 Friday night. I do not want to spend Friday night sleeping on the street in Amherst. I don't want to spend Saturday morning until 1:19 there either. My guess would be that this is also not high on Ingrid's list of things to do over spring break (although I haven't actually asked her).
Is there another way to get to Amherst? I've heard about taxis, but people say that they have strange hours, and goodness knows if they'll be running over spring break - besides, I'm not keen to pay for taxi fare.
Mapquest says that it's 8 miles from the Alumnae House to the Amtrak station in Amherst. Eight miles isn't really that far, but it would take me two or three hours worth of walking, if the weather were optimal, I wasn't carrying anything, and I didn't get lost. It would take less on my bike, but Ingrid doesn't have a bike, and I would have the issue of what to do with my bike once I got to Amherst. I don't want to leave it there, and I'm not even sure if I can take it with me.
Also, I hate mapquest. It's being very useful, but its utter inability to find ANYTHING is soon going to drive me crazy. That is, crazier than I've already been driven by this whole PVTA not running next Saturday business.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm sort-of at the end of my tether here.
