there is a train station, grays lake, about 1 1/2 miles away. megabus to union station in chicago, train from there. greyhound adds about 6 blocks. i think there is a local bus if you are at the nearly hotel 2 miles north that is cheaper than the onsite hotel.
Can you specify? I have looked for travel instructions from NYC to and it seems that after a flight from NY to to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago you have to get on a bus that takes several hours to get near .
According to my best understanding, you have to get a "Blue line" bus that goes a good lenght in the opposite direction of where would be , so as to get a "Green line" bus that then goes north ward toward , and the "Green line" trip is several hours long. Then you get off at a certain stop so as to get on some kind of light rail I think it is called Waukegan Metra Station and it is a short ride to Route 45/Belvidere (Route 120) where you get off and then walk a few minutes to .
Of course to go by bus you have to take a Grayhound (from NY) to Chicago and it takes some 8 plus hours. Then you go to Chester Av at East 15th Street there and get a #251 bus to "S. Tubbs Jones Transit Center" then you get a Megabus that takes 6 hours to West Polk Street between S.Clinton St and S. Canal Street, and from there you walk for some 5 minutes to Canal and Harrison Streets where you get another bus I think the number 60 to Randolph/Harbor Drive and it is a short distance to Canal and Adams and you get off to walk to Chicago Illinois Union Station, where you take I think the "MD-N" Fox Lake to Libertyville , and you walk to the Milwaukee Libertyville Metra station, then you get a # 574 bus at College of Lake County, which takes about 25 minutes to get to Route 45/Belvidere (Route 120) and from there you can walk a few minutes to .
This is strictly as I best understood it on Google Maps.
It would involve traveling for some two days or close to it ( off the top of my head). It definitely would involve getting off and getting on bus after bus. I guess there would be different spans of time between different buses and you might have to just sit or stand and wait until the connecting bus comes.
For anyone to travel such a long way by bus it would require physical stamina, an ability not to get bored or at least a great tolerance for boredom and lots of patience and an ability to tolerate being uncomfortable. You might have to plan very very carefully so that you have some non perishable snacks with you or know about some eateries along the way so that you can get food and you have to be sure that you eat at the right time throughout the trip so that by the time you arrive to screen , you will not have eaten for some 6 or more hours previously if the screening requires that you fast before arriving to screen.
I would be very uncomfortable because buses tend to have a certain "new car smell" to them, or soing like that (it is not the exhaust of the vehicle) and I therefore get nauseated by riding on buses. Very few people understand exactly what I mean. I can't imagine riding on bus after bus and staying on certain ones for almost half a day. I mean, I can imagine it and it would be miserable because I probably would feel physically uncomfortable having to sit on a bus seat which can be designed in a way that is not ergonomic enough, and get fatigue on my shoulders and back and legs.
Traveling by train overall is not as bad for me. Of course it is more costly. I doubt Amtrak goes near enough to and I would have to still go by bus.
So I am lucky I have accumulated some "Sky miles" on my credit card and can get a few airplane rides for free but then I have to worry about the miserable bus ride.
My good friend "travelingrat" has suggested to me that, should I ever need to go to , I should plan on arriving a day before any screening and stay in a hotel near to so as to rest after the long trip, and the following day then go to screen.
Then coming back home is another story. I guess in such a case I could head back home after the screening unless it is one of those "dual screenings" in which you have to go back the following day, maybe after one or two days for a second part of the screening and it might be best to stay in a nearby hotel for entire time if you can afford it and if you come prepared with maybe an extra set of clothes and a book to read or a laptop or tablet to watch movies or send emails or maybe even keep a diary or write poetry ( etc) and keep you occupied while you just wait a few days for the two-part screening. Even if it is only one screening, things can be such that you can only find certain flights at certain times and you might have to stay an extra day at the hotel anyway. Hopefully it has laundry facilities and the town you have to stay in hopefully has some shopping centers and movie houses and some sights to see.
It sounds fun in a way. I never tried it. But also I would worry about catching the right bus and the right flight at the right time to get to my destination. I have done very little traveling throughout my life.
Going to would at least mean hotel costs.
Anyone have information about inexpensive hotels that are not horrific with bed bugs and bad accommodations and terrible people who roam the halls waiting to break into someone else's room (etc)?
I really would appreciate information on that supposed rail from Grays Lake to . Does it make the trip from the airport to shorter? Does it eliminate a good deal of traveling by bus?
If anyone knows, please let me know.
