Reason 2 - Yellow Magic School Bus(es)!!!!!

In Australia, kookaburra's laughs make me chuckle every time without fail;

Here, in Seattle, seeing a Yellow Magic School Bus puts a big smile on my face!
and NOT JUST ONE!  MANY magic school buses...... picking up the students to and from schools......

I love the school bus system here, it makes my life as a parent so much easier.  And the bus stop is literally 20 walking steps from home front door, if not 25 steps.

And what's more? It's FREE of CHARGE!  Well, kind of blend in the tax and other local government charges.