After returning to Bakersfield I spent two days in a Vagabond Inn because it was cheap. They were low on rooms when I checked in, so I elected to stay in a smoking room. Once again I have been soundly reminded as to how tough I am /not/. How do people live like that? Due to how far behind I've become with work and other things I decided to transfer myself to a far nicer hotel where I will stay and work for the next week. But once I was leaving the Vagabond I saw this bus pull up. I thought to myself, "I am fully packed, and there really isn't a good reason to stay in Backersfield. Maybe I should just climb on and see where it takes me?" Then I saw two armed guards depart and noticed the black windows with the bars behind them. I quickly decided that was a bad idea.