When asked if they still identify as a "hippie" company their website reads, "We cherish our history... However this is no longer a 'hippie' bus company ... to their world famous chartered trips ...

It's 5 a.m. and my left leg is wedged irretrievably between a couple of Brits, who are spooning in somnolent bliss as our strangely loaded bus trundles through the Sierra foothills. Everywhere are ...