Today is a very gloomy, rainy day in our nation's capital. I hated to spend our entire Friday cooped up indoors, so I asked William if he'd like to ride the ART (Arlington Rapid Transit) bus around town. He was totally fired up and couldn't get dressed fast enough!
You might recall our previous bus riding experience (the Washington Metro Bus) noted on the blog, but this would be our first adventure riding ART. Since we are less familiar with the ART bus routes, we decided to ride from our neighborhood bus hub, Shirlington and then stay on the bus for a round trip ride to Clarendon and then back to Shirlington. Shirlington is only 2 minutes from our house so it was an easy destination to drive too in the pouring rain.
First off, William asked if he could buy a "pick me up" (a.k.a. special snack) for the road trip and being such a good mom mom, I stopped for a chocolate chip cookie. Nothing like a 10am treat. We then headed over to the Shirlington bus station where William browsed for various bits of Arlington transit literature and studied a few maps.
Then, our bus arrived. ART #77. The ride was approximately 1 hour round trip. William asked me what number we were going to ride and when I said, "number 77" he quickly replied, "oh, that is just like a 777 airplane." Always got airplanes on the brain.
William wanted to sit at the very back of the bus on the upper deck so he'd have a bird's eye view of the journey. We met the bus driver, snacked on our cookie, watched people board the bus, guessed if the bus was going to turn left or right, studied our map, and had a grand ol' time just kickin' it on the ART.
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