Visiting the Newlyweds

At one time, Greyhound Bus Company offered a trip to Houston: a "Red Carpet Trip." They were trying to compete with the fast trains and planes to Houston.

Often I had ridden the fast train from Dallas to Houston—only four hours. Not a bad way to go.

John Dan and Mary Ann had never been on a bus or train. So I planned a trip to Houston where Carolyn and Rennie would meet us.

We went down on the fast train, and had dinner in the diner and all the trimmings. We came home on the Red Carpet bus. They actually had a red carpet leading up to the bus. Served us juice on the way, and it was a pleasant trip.

Don't know whether Mary Ann and John Dan remember that or not, but they did have the bus and train experience while those modes of transportation were still operating.