I had a bus come to my house until I was in grade 2 & then it was a block away until I was in grade 6. Grade 7 I ended up walking to the other side of the town to get to school. it was only a 30 min walk & if I caught my bus driver friend he would drive me 1/2 way to school as long as I didn't tell anyone or until his rout changed.

& then from grade 9-12 I had no choice to bus, I cannot walk 30km to school & back everyday

Then for college I moved to the big city & bussed from one cirty to a 3rd city.This is what I mean...

Kanata, Bells Corner & Nepean use to be their own cities. The Ottawa gobbled them up & it became 1 MEGA city, but every still calls Kanata & all the other Cities or Towns the same. SO I'm bussing from 1 city, through another to get to a 3rd city hehehehehe

& during the Black Out last year I ended up walking from the Queesnway Hospital (in Nepean) to Bells Corner & got about 2 City blocks into Bells Corner & that took me almost an hour HAHAHAHA Stupid long roads & extra big Blocks But a family friend who is a city bus driver (my bus was 2 hour late & that bus comes every 15 mins, so umm ya, alot of busses didn't show up) saw me & picked me up knowing I was miles away from home. He drove off his rout to get to me, picked my up, got back onto his rout & had my house # on speed dial on his cell phone (now how cool was that!!).. he was a sweety & told Rob where I was & made a plan to drop me off as close to Kanata as he could & Rob would meet me there, I was deep in Bells Corner somewhere, so I was personally lost hehehe