Things are warming up here in Utah which means we've got the windows open often and all the reflectix pulled down, that was keeping the heat in and the cold out. According to the locals it's been a mild winter. We've been enjoying all the weather the last few months; driving 45 min north for snow... Continue Reading →
Hello! It's been a few months since we've posted and it's hard to believe we're coming up on 7 months of living in the bus full time! It's officially winter and while it's definitely more mild in this part of UT than other places in the country, there has still been a learning curve to... Continue Reading →
As we headed west from CO, the bus engine started making a noise. Paul spent some time checking it out and determined that we were able to continue to our stop for the night, about 2 hours away in Northern Utah. We made it to our stop and fortunately it was at the house of... Continue Reading →
How does that song or saying go...you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone? The last few weeks of our trip have felt that way. The night we stayed at the mushroom farm in SC, our inverter stopped working! The inverter serves to convert our battery power from DC to AC. Our fridge and... Continue Reading →
Well our trip started off with a bang when the engine started overheating very early into the drive. We stopped several times so Paul could top off fluid levels and check a few potential causes but nothing resolved the issue. So we found ourselves, three hours into the trip, at a gas station in an... Continue Reading →
Time sure goes by quickly when you're working with a deadline! In the past month, we've gotten 95% of the electrical wires run and in place, put in a few lines for plumbing, framed out the bathroom walls and installed walls down half of the bus. Running the electrical wires pushed us to finalize where... Continue Reading →
When we were at the tiny home festival a few weeks ago, we got to see a guy named Mike, with Navigation Nowhere. We first met Mike, back in April while we were at the North Carolina tiny home event. His bus is beautiful and the craftsmanship is just really well done. Check out this... Continue Reading →
The other job we wanted to complete while we had the bus with us in NC was pulling the ceiling down. Some skoolie conversions don't fully gut the bus; it's really a personal preference and since we plan to take the bus out west to colder climates, we are planning to strip the bus down... Continue Reading →
Our first major job was to take out the seats which turned out to be easier than we anticipated. First we took all the cushions off the frames and unbolted the seats from the walls. Paul was underneath using channel locks to hold the nuts in place while I was inside with a wrench &... Continue Reading →
We had it all planned out. During our trip out west in September (2018) we would look at school buses for sale. The forums we've read say that buses out west have less rust and can come from from school systems that have a bigger budget for transportation which can mean nicer buses. That would give... Continue Reading →
