Tag Archive: Bus Conversion

Oh Yeah, We Have a Blog

October 30, 2017 6:27 pm Published by

For the past few weeks I’ve been thinking “Man, I really need to write a blog post. I haven’t written one since August.” Nope. Turns out I haven’t written one since July. 😅 Sooo, here we go: August 2017 After leaving Gardiner, we, rather quickly, made...
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Stormy’s New Addition

August 22, 2017 4:48 pm Published by

Towards the end of the summer we installed a wood stove in the bus!! This was a long-awaited moment for Zack. I cannot even tell you how excited he was. Initially when building the bus, the goal was to stay in fair weather all year round....
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March 2017

April 1, 2017 6:12 pm Published by

In the beginning of March, we moved from Trona Pinnacles to Lake Isabella, CA. The water and rolling green hills were a welcome change. We stayed in the Hanning Flat dispersed area. There are a lot of free, as well as pay campsites, all around the...
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February 2017

March 5, 2017 7:29 pm Published by

I haven’t been as good with writing posts as I thought I would. Mostly, I feel there is nothing that interesting to write about. But here is a summary of what we have been up to in February. At the beginning of February we were...
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Chasing 70 Degrees

January 29, 2017 3:47 pm Published by

It has been a lot harder than we thought to find and stay in warm weather. While still in Arkansas, we were looking forward to going to the Southwest, a popular place for those looking for a milder winter. Don’t get me wrong, there have...
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City Rock Bluff at Calico Rock, Arkansas

Shake Down Trip #2

October 22, 2016 9:12 am Published by

If you missed my post on our first shake down trip, you can read about it here. After completing our first weekend trip (just barely) and fixing the belt issue, we were confident that this one would go more smoothly. It did, relatively speaking. I had...
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Shake Down Trip #1

October 16, 2016 11:34 am Published by

Since we have finished the construction on our bus and our departure date isn’t until the end of the year, Zack and I have been trying to use the weekends to do small ‘shake down’ trips to find and fix any issues we have before...
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Completing Construction

October 1, 2016 3:37 pm Published by

Construction is complete!! “Whaaat?!?!”, you say. “The last post was about sealing the roof, and now y’all are done building!”  Yes. Yes we are. It took a little less than a year to do it, but we are now officially done with all the construction....
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Natural State Nomads - The Bus at Gulf Shores

The Inspiration Behind the Lifestyle

September 5, 2016 6:30 pm Published by

After I came home from work one day, Zack told me how he was talking with one of his co-workers when he learned that he lived in an RV. Like he had no house. And just traveled when he wanted to move. And just stayed...
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Sealing The Roof

February 22, 2016 9:00 am Published by

Arkansas is known for its weird weather. But having 60 degree days in January is pretty unusual, even for us. I am not complaining though. And working on a bus with temps in the high 30’s is a little brutal. So with great weather in...
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