Parking the Bus – an Unexpected Challenge
As brand new bus owners, I can tell you there isn’t anything very much more exciting than bringing the brand new bus home; unless your neighbors are the worst. In hindsight, we probably should have had a better plan set in place for when we brought the bus home, but the excitement overcame us and once again we jumped the gun. In my defense, I did call the local police department ahead of time and ask what the parking laws were for the school bus and was told that according to our city ordinance, we could not park anything over 22 feet long on the street. He then mentioned that…
The Tiny House Movement – Why We Chose a Skoolie Instead
Last summer we spent a lot of time visiting our friends in Missouri who live in a small tiny house community on 35 acres of land in the Ozarks. Seeing what life was like and being able to have a taste of that experience was truly quite inspiring. They even offered us a space on their land, which is absolutely breath taking! This is what began to open our eyes to the possibility of living in a tiny home. How Our Conversion Came to Be We proceeded to research the cost of building a tiny house, how to get started with the building process, and basically everything remotely related to…
We bought a school bus!
Life these days is full of stress and anxiety. Working a 9 to 5 job, trying to make ends meet, raising a family, while also meeting the demands of society could easily cause a mental and emotional breakdown for anyone. It’s tough! But does it really have to be that way? What if I told you there are alternatives to falling in line with the status quo? Last year my husband and I were helping my sister-in-law find a van to drive and dwell in while spending the summer traveling abroad. We ended up accidentally discovering a post on Craigslist advertising a school bus for sale. Of course we…
