Forced, that is, by my alternator going on the fritz. Plans for a ride into work having fallen through, I decided to resort to Okaloosa Transit. It’s not my first time having to do so, and it’s a lot cheaper than renting a car for the day; on the downside, the lag time when I transfer between bus routes has sometimes left me sitting around too long if I arrive at the transition point right after one bus has left.
No such problem today though, perhaps because I left early enough that all the buses were just starting out. Took the WAVE service from near my home over to Uptown Station where I found the transit shuttle to Okaloosa Island gearing up to leave. When I arrived, I waited a few minutes before the shuttle that took me into Destin showed up. Total running time, 1 hour between FWB and Destin, plus 15 minutes for the WAVE trip. Satisfactory.
Some of the riders with me were obviously regulars, some even having paid for monthly passes. Others, like me, were temporarily stranded by lack of other transportation. A lot of them were quite talkative, even with strangers. One or two had the look I associate with the homeless (grungy, with apparently all their possessions wrapped up in a plastic bag) and one smelled as if he hadn’t bathed in some time.
I’m glad the service is available, but I’m even gladder to have my car back and running.

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