A couple days ago I posted a before and after picture of the bus’ interior, and asked how many differences you could spot. Honestly, the post was a feeble attempt at keeping this blog updated while we’ve had little energy for such things these past few weeks as we’ve been tackling project after project in […]
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How Many Differences Can You Spot?
42 Days ago we bought our GM 4106 bus and moved in. We took the photo on the left after a quick clean up. We just took the photo on the right after a lot of renovations we’ve accomplished so far! (And that’s just in this area of the bus!) How many of the differences […]
I Live in a Bus!
Back in May while I was hiding under a bed, my people left me at my grandmeow’s in St. Louis. I knew something was up, as just a few weeks ago we got everything out of our Oliver Travel Trailer and put it in another vehicle, drove a while and then unloaded everything. But I […]
Roasting and Remodeling
What are you still doing in Arizona??? We arrived in Arizona nearly 6 weeks ago. In that time, we’ve experienced only one day in which the high temperature was below 100 degrees, and many of those days in excess of 110. You’d think that when you have location flexiblity, we’d take advantage of the first […]
Traveling the USA via Amtrak Rail Pass
After selling our Oliver Travel Trailer, and spending a month transitioning our travels in a borrowed Le’Sharo motorhome – we purchased a month long Amtrak Rail Pass to continue our vintage bus hunt. We thought we’d share what we learned about traveling via a rail pass and life aboard Amtrak. About the Amtrak USA Rail […]
Best Bus-Warming Ever!
In effort to avoid the heat of the day, we made an early morning repositioning last Saturday from Yuma, Arizona to Lake Havasu City – where our awesome friends and hosts live. After we arrived, the temperatures start to exceed the forecast, and our thermometers peak out at around 125 degrees. We make note of […]
Negotiating with Our Bus
Our last post left you off with us making an offer on a vintage bus in Yuma, AZ that we nicknamed ‘Taxi Bus’. After our contingent offer was accepted, the next morning we made the trip from Lake Havasu City (where we’ve been basing out of while staying with dear friends) back down to […]
Our Search for a Vintage Bus
This post will take you on a condensed (really!) version of the journey that we’ve been on for the past couple of months to find our vintage bus. We’ve had many requests to share pictures and stories of the various buses we’ve investigated. Perhaps sharing our process and top contenders might help others who are […]
Introducing: Our New Vintage Bus!
After two months of searching the country following serendipity’s beacon – yesterday we bought a vintage bus! She is a 1961 GM PD-4106, serial number 446. She’s 35′ long and 96″ wide. While the 4106 is best known for being the heart of Greyhounds long haul fleet, our bus started her life as a regional […]
On Being Homeless Backpackers
Since we dropped our borrowed Le’Sharo motorhome off in Georgia, we’ve been homeless. Intentionally so. We packed everything we thought we’d need for an indefinite time period into two backpacks and hopped on a train across country to continue our search for our next home on wheels. It’s been a mixture of freeing, intimidating, frustrating […]
