Originally Posted by
guflyer
I do not want to scare anyone, but OP may also want to be cautious with Amtrak/Greyhound. In past years, I have read reports about officers coming in and questioning/searching the belongings of passengers in some instances.
I have not read about this in a while and do not know whether this still occurs, but it would not surprise me if it did.
At least on Amtrak, these types of questions/sweeps haven't been frequent on the routes he'd be traveling in this instance, and generally you're not even asked about ID on those.
There's some small amount of risk, yes, but IMO less than there is in the airport, and only negligibly more than there is just moving about where you are.