I did buy the tickets to go as far as Chicago. I am looking to buy the rest of the way on Megabus, which stops a few blocks from the Amtrak Station.
I am thinking about the possibility of calling my sister, who lives in Pennsylvania to see if she would meet me on a stopover. I do not think she would either answer or return my call, but if she would meet me alone without her husband, I might do it.
But he is her security blanket. If she answered the call or returned it. I doubt if she would consent to not bring her husband.
I do not want that slug/worm husband near me. And I guess if I cannot accept his presence, I cannot seek out hers.