The Never-Ending Story

Hello from Stockton, once again.... and now the grad nite is over! But not before there was more drama. This time, it was #1) dealing with Disneyland's new (flawed) plan for accommodating hundreds of buses descending on them in one evening, and #2) the continuing issue with parking our buses here in Stockton. We arrived in Anaheim, Ca (home to Disneyland) on time, around 1900, from Stockton, after driving the 388 miles with high school students. Disneyland had a new "plan" this year, and all I can say is, "back to the drawing board"..... it didn't work very well. We were fortunate, being one of the first buses there. After about an hour of standing around, wondering when we were going to be released to drop our passengers, it happened, and we were able to get off to our motel rooms for a short night's sleep. Not so lucky were the buses who came later, who faced waits of up to 3 hours!! Bad news when they were looking at a bare minimum 8 hours off before needing to return. The result, predictably, was some schools had to wait in the parking lot until their drivers could legally return. NOT good!! Anyhow, we scooped up our students and headed north to Stockton. Got them dropped off at their school, and went to our hotel. Then the fiasco began. This is NOT a nice neighborhood. Get one block off the main drag, and it looks like the worst areas of Newark. Really, that bad. We had no place to park our buses, and decided early on that parking in that ghetto was NOT the answer. Eventually, we found "tolerable" circumstances, and went to our hotel. That's where I am now, although it's about bedtime. Tomorrow (if my bus is still there), it's back to San Diego, 480 miles of deadhead.