Bus seats afford a good view of Pyramid Lake, near Castaic, on a Greyhound trip in California. (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)
Greyhound recently started offering these Express tours in California aboard sleekly painted dark-blue buses with leather seats and big windows that you can see out of. (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)
Edith Sanchez naps with her son, Bryan, during a Greyhound bus ride. (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)
Christian Maguire rides a Greyhound bus in California. (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)
After arriving in Los Angeles, bus riders collect their luggage. (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)
