Riding The Midnight Bus
This is a Big post. Not really a lot of places that are withing walking distance of each other. We are fortunate to have our own truck , but the majority of the people here on COB Adder get around via one of the many buses that constantly make their way around the base. I had to ride the bus for about 2 weeks when I first got here. I didn't really mind too much though. It was actually a great way to learn my way around the place. Have you ever had those quick tours in a car, where the dude who's been here for 6 months is showing you all the important places? lol, you don't remember a darn thing the next day. To make it even better, they gave me a map of the base that was most definitely NOT to scale. I only got lost 4 or 5 times before I began to figure out what some of the street names were ... and more importantly which bus route took me to work, the chow hall, and my CHU. For the most part, the buses are driven by TCNs (Third Country Nationals), although there a