Vintage Bus Hunt (April – June 2011)

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The Le’Sharo Right of Passage

On May 31, 2011 By Chris Dunphy

It was only a month ago when we found ourselves facing imminent homelessness, heading north from Florida to deliver both our truck and our beloved trailer to their new owner.

We headed towards the sale with literally no plan for what was next. We started looking into buying a temporary RV, or renting a [...]

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Next Adventure Departing the Station

On May 23, 2011 By Cherie Ve Ard

I don’t know which of us actually voiced the idea first when some intriguing sounding vintage buses cropped up for us on the other coast of the country. Taking a cross country train trip has been something we’ve always wanted to do.

So when we started looking at ways to get to the west coast [...]

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And the bus hunt begins..

On May 16, 2011 By Cherie Ve Ard

Since we left Melbourne, Florida to head north to Lynchburg, Virginia to deliver the Oliver – we’ve been moving at a whirlwind pace. Heading up, we started a search for a temporary home on wheels – which yielded little acceptable results. In the southeast, so many sticks & stables RVs have suffered considerable water [...]

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Re-Calculating

On May 2, 2011 By Cherie Ve Ard

The new-to-us GPS unit we recently purchased from my father instructs us to turn left. We ignore her, and turn right instead… our way seems more scenic.

‘Re-calculating‘ she proclaims.

She comes back with instructions to get us back on her previously researched route. We’re obstinate. We ignore her and continue on the route that calls [...]

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Serendipity Says: Light Speed Ahead (Imminent Homelessness)

On Apr 26, 2011 By technomadia

Its no secret that we’ve been pondering “what’s next” for a while now, particularly since we’ve returned from the Virgin Islands.

Sailboat? Not yet.

International adventures? Yes, we want more extended jaunts to exotic places. But we want to keep some sort of (mobile) base in the US to return to, [...]

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Things we’re not missing about RV’ing…

On Jan 25, 2011 By Cherie Ve Ard

As some may have noticed by reading between the lines, this past year some aspects of our RV-based nomadic lifestyle began to wear a bit thin for us. After four years (five for Chris!) on the road together, our ping-pong route between Florida, St. Louis, Burning Man, and San Francisco had begun to develop ruts, [...]

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