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"Tails" from the Hound - Part 1 (The Southern US)

  Something that people may not know about my adventures is that while I love to travel to Britain and beyond, a lot of my travels have been around North America.  Thanks to my walking club  I have been in every province and territory in Canada as well as a lot of the United States. Why?  So I can put a stamp in my book to show I've walked a capital city!  Yes, I am a bit of a fanatic about things but I never claimed I was normal.  A major portion of my travels in the United States in particular were on the Greyhound bus system which I accessed from here.  Sadly the Greyhound no longer runs in my part of Canada so I am so grateful I did these journeys when I could.   While a lot of people turn up their noses at the Greyhound (it's been referred to as the "loser cruiser" for example) I loved (most of) my trips on the hound.  Okay sometimes there are a "certain type" of clientele like the fellows who board the bus carrying a brown paper bag with their name on