Vlog Ep.02 – Painting the Safety Wall

Continuing with our small upgrades and renovations, Katy paints the safety wall…

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Toilet Update

We purchased a portable camping toilet (The Thetford 92859 Porta Potti ) to try out in the place of the composting toilet.

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Vlog Ep. 1 – Kitchen Update

So we decided to just go ahead and forget our two burner propane stovetop for the moment. It’s been a hassle and-a-half trying to find the right propane fittings for it so that we could connect it to the propane tank and actually use the stove. Plus, we’ve got the…

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Upcoming Bus Projects

The bus is like a never-ending, constantly evolving project. We’ve had a month off from bus projects but it’s time to get back to work!

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Driving through the Guadalupe Mountains in New Mexico to Carlsbad Caverns

Our trip into New Mexico has so far been one of the highlights of traveling with our skoolie.  Everyroad and everything along the road just seems to look diffrent from our bus-level view.  Suddenly everything is new, and even the mundane seems exciting at the time. Taking the bus up…

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The Day We Bought Our School Bus

Sometimes you just have to take life by the horns and sometimes the horns look like a computer keyboard while navigating an online auction… Okay, there are better metaphors for this, but the concept should be clear.  After multiple conversations and repeated handwringing, we took the plunge and entered our…

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Driving Through the George C. Wallace Tunnel in Mobile, Alabama

This video was filmed by Katy on our second day ever driving the skoolie.  At this point my total school bus driving experience came to maybe ten hours and I was not looking forward to this moment in our trip when we would enter such a confined space.  The George…

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Walking Around The Bus While in Motion

Just like in any vehicle in motion, sitting down and remaining well bukled is the safest way to travel.  But many people have asked us if it’s possible to walk around the bus while its in motion.  The answer is yes and it is quite nice, specially with the windows…

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State of the Bus: A Tour Part 1

After removing all of the seats and the flooring it was time to really begin the conversion.

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First Solo Road Trip…Well, Katy’s That Is

Katy and her sister Aly in our 2013 Honda Fit.

“I was ready to get on the road. For my first solo road trip. Which was scary and exciting all at the same time. I’m about to be 30, it’s a little sad that I had never driven anywhere more than a hour or two away by myself. Mike has done a load of solo road trips- he’s gone north to New York and all the way west to California among other places. I was looking forward to 2 days all to myself.”

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