California road trip aboard the Greyhound Express

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)