When I was in first grade living in Apple Valley, California, I rode the bus to school. The experience of riding the school bus for the first time might teach a kid many lessons: how to make a new friend when looking for a place to sit, how to pay
Not Cool! Removing the Factory A/C
We had always wondered what was in the first bay of our vintage bus behind some "secret" doors. When we first opened up the "secret" doors we were greeted by what seemed like an endless supply of pillow-type batting. In fact, every single nook and cranny of space in and
Layin' it Down - Bus Subfloor
Did you think we got swallowed by the bus? Some days it feels like it. It seems like we eat and sleep "bus". In fact, I've been having dreams about the bus - wiring, dash gauges, etc. Homeschooling is about to start again, and I am so thankful to have
“When are you leaving?”
When we originally decided to pursue this full-time RVing life back in 2015, we set an “ideal hit-the-road date” of June 2017. Why wait two whole years? Well, back in 2015, we still had a one-year-old. And, to be perfectly honest, I had been pregnant or nursing a baby for
Bus Renovation - Part Eight - Kitty Hair on the Wheel Wells
When we removed the wheel well covers, we discovered some holes that needed to be dealt with. Some of these holes were from rivets, but some were clearly spots that had rusted through.
I guess after 50-plus years of water and debris being kicked up by the tires, even aluminum
Bus Renovation - Part Seven - The Last of the Interior Demo and Emptying the Basement
We were so close to being done gutting the interior...but not quite...so here we go again!
The previous weekend, we chiseled out most of the old subfloors, but we hadn't had time to finish all of it. So that is where we started. We had to remove the
Bus Renovation - Part Six - Ripping Out Insulation, the Frig Box, and the Worst Subfloors Ever
We last showed you how we tore down the bathroom.
Next up was taking out the box that had enclosed the old electric/LP refrigerator. We will no longer need our refrigerator to be enclosed since we will not be using one that runs on propane, so out it goes.
Bus Renovation - Part Five - Knocking Down Walls and Poo on My Shoe
We keep plugging along on the demo, weekend warrior-ing it every Saturday and Sunday. We would love to be able to keep the bus at our house so we could work on it during the weeknights after work and school, but that’s just not an option, unfortunately. Darn HOA.
Bus Renovation - Part Four - The Dump, the Corn, and $450
A lot has happened on the bus since the last post, but Juan and I still haven't gotten the hang of adding blogging and video editing into a full life of homeschool, work, and family commitments. So, we have fallen a bit behind in the renovation updates. We also decided
Bus Renovation - Part Three - It's All Coming Down!
It’s All Coming Down!
After taking out the living room furniture and kitchen, we spent the next few weekends taking apart the bus one piece at a time. Each day, we didn’t know exactly what would come next. We would start with a general plan, but you know
Bus Renovation - Part Two - Kitchen and Living Room Demo
After spending about five minutes in the bus, my allergies were going haywire. The first day we spent some time looking through it just doing inspections, taking measurements, etc. left me unable to breathe through my nose for the next few days. What was living in this bus? It was
Bus Renovation - Part One - Inspections, Cowboys, & Smoke!
After bringing the bus home and having a good look around, the first order of business was assessing all the systems and figuring out what was really in the bus. From discussions with the seller, we knew that the bus was bought from Greyhound in 1979 and converted to an
Introducing Our Bus - The "Before" Tour
When we brought home the bus, the kids all ran out of the house excited to see where they would soon be living. “There is only two beds! Where is MY bed?!” asked the youngest. I had to warn them not to breathe too deeply when they got in there.