A grassroots bus service based out of Kaslo, B.C. is giving free rides to anyone who wants to go from Osoyoos to Kelowna from Feb. 15 to 28.
The transportation business 害羞草研究所� Mountain Man Mike害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所� started in 2019 after the founder, Michael Hathaway, regularly participated in rideshare programs from Kaslo to Vancouver.
The route, from Osoyoos to Kelowna, is making a comeback after being suspended in September of 2021. And as a token of appreciation to the people who have used the service to get around the province for the last two years, Hathaway is offering free trips to anyone looking to take a trip through the Okanagan.
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Before Mountain Man Mike害羞草研究所檚 was founded, the owner would spend a lot of the road travelling around the province. Joining him on the B.C. roads would be people needing to get around as much as he did.
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害羞草研究所淲hen the Greyhound system dropped, I went from having two or three people to a waitlist of 20 people who wanted to go to Vancouver and that害羞草研究所檚 how the company started.害羞草研究所�
Since then, the transit service has expanded with various new routes.
Among those is a trip from Vancouver to Calgary 害羞草研究所� a road trip that will cost an estimated $160, stopping once in Nelson.
As the company approaches its three-year anniversary, Hathaway couldn害羞草研究所檛 be more proud of the service he and his team have provided.
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