The Bus Ride

As we began to get on the bus I looked behind me and the line of people was just unbelievable!! It reminded me of the lines at Disney world during peak season, but longer!! It was truly an amazing site. The media was there to capture it all.

Only a person of great statue could have touched the masses of people that came out to say farewell.

Security officers had come around repeatedly reminding the crowd that cellphones, large bags and weapons were not allowed. As the buses were being boarded their trips seemed to come more frequently with the same reminders. If you got caught with any of those items you definitely could not say you didn't know.

Yellow school buses, white and blue Marta buses seemed to form an endless line. The Marta buses had Coretta Scott King flashing in front where the street names would normally be. It was a caravan of buses heading over to the church. Some people parked their cars at the mall and at other small shopping centers in the area and walked the 5 miles or so to the church. It was a beautiful sight seeing all those people walking, marching to the church to pay their respects. Riding along with them in the bus made me feel a part of the "movement" we had at that moment in time.

When we arrived at the church, one of the persons helping to direct the buses told our bus driver that the sanctuary was full and he needed to drop us off at the Living Learning Center to watch the service on big screen. Well, the lady I was sitting beside, she and I looked at each other with despair. We both felt we could have stayed home to look at it on T.V. basically.

She said to me, "Let's go see for ourselves". I nodded yes. As soon as the bus stopped and we were off it, we ran to the church. The Secret Service were still checking people with their security devices and my new friend and I made it in the church!!

We were so happy we didn't listen to that guy. When we got inside the church we were sitting about 25 rows from the podium and our seats were directly in line with the podium. To say the least we had an excellent view for what turned out to be a 6 hour service. It was suppose to have been a 3 hour service, but some how it turned into 6. No one complained and I saw very few people leave before it was over.

I believe Mrs. King smiled down on us that day.