The Road Trip that Started It All

This past January Mike and I decided to take an impromptu road trip to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls from Florida over my 3 day weekend. And we decided to take along our still new-to-the-family pup Finn (we adopted him from a local animal shelter in October, 2015). We…

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Busing with a Dog

We have 1 dog, an almost 2 year old terrier mutt, named Finn. While we were building the bus he presented a challenge, a lovable challenge but a challenge none the less,  in a few different ways-1. space is very limited and he needs a crate (he was crate trained…

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The Bus is Street-Legal!

Mike and I got word, in May, that we would need to move back to Texas in time for the start of the fall semester in late August. That really put an unanticipated stress on our conversion timeline. The beginning of August rolled around and we still didn’t have insurance…

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Insuring the Bus

*Disclaimer-this is just our experience (in the state of FL) and in no way represents what everyone will go through. Each state is different and your insurance may require more/different things. Call and ask!* One of the big questions we had while debating on getting a school bus was how…

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Work Begins Part 2 – Removing Seats from the School Bus

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How do you remove school bus seats? You just do.

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Work Begins Part 1 – Cleaning the School Bus

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You cannot scrub enough. Two decades of grime have to come off.

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We Bought a School Bus (with pictures)

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We bought a School Bus!!! – Skoolie conversion begins!

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RV vs Skoolie: The Winner is…

Mike and I thought long and hard about what route we wanted to take- did we want a more traditional RV or did we want to take the hard road and go for a school bus conversion? In the end, we’ve decided to go the school bus route. We really…

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How to Flat-tow a 2013 Honda Fit (with automatic transmission)

Flat towing is how cars are typically towed behind an RV or bus conversion.  Flat towing refers to having all four of the car’s wheels on the ground while being towed as opposed to using some kind of trailer.  However, the general rule is that automatic cars should never be…

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RVs vs Skoolies – Part II

Recreational Vehicle or School Bus Conversion…Continued Like I mentioned in our previous post I was pretty well set on a Class A motorhome when we started thinking about going mobile. But we started running into school bus conversions (affectionately called Skoolies) as an alternative. Some of them were dreamy and…

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