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Friday, June 18, 2010

Seattle to Forks in one day without a car

So I left Seattle on June, Monday 14th, direction Forks. I have been surprised to see all the different bus transits available to travel in the Pacific Northwest of Washington State. There are approximately 5 different transit companies, associated to different parts or counties of the area you are. My route was like this: I used first the Ferry to go from Seattle to Bainbridge for 6.25$. I took the Ferry at 9:25AM, because it matches the schedule of the first bus I had to take from Bainbridge, which is the Kitsap Transit Bus #90. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE ONLY A FEW BUSES A DAY THAT TRANSIT FROM A PLACE TO ANOTHER. That is, if you plan a trip in the Northwest, be careful to check every schedule from each bus transit company, and verify if the connection from a bus to another is possible for an specific time. The Kitsap bus #90 does the connection with the Jefferson Transit bus #7. Normally the bus #7 wait the Kitsap bus #90 to arrive at the connection, but it is preferable to inform the bus driver that you need to do the connection, so he can contact the other bus. You can inform the bus driver of any transit company when you need to do a specific connection at a specific time (the schedule between the different buses is very tight), it will work! The bus #7 does a connection with the Jefferson Transit Bus #8 at Port Townsend around 11:50AM, but here again inform the bus driver that you need to do it. The bus #8 then does a connection with the Clallam Transit Bus #30 at Sequim, and then you need to do a final connection with the Clallam Transit Bus #14 at Port Angeles. The bus #14, following these time and route, leaves Port Angeles at 3:05PM, to arrive at Forks around 4:45PM.

You can find below the websites of the different Transit Bus Companies, with the different route maps and schedule for each bus:
Clallam Transit - http://www.clallamtransit.com/
Grays Harbor Transit - http://www.ghtransit.com/
Pacific Transit - http://www.pacifictransit.org/
Jefferson Transit - http://www.jeffersontransit.com/

The ticket fares are around 1$ for each transit company, which is really affordable for such big distances!.

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