Road trips are a fun way to explore the country and experience new places you wouldn’t get the opportunity to see if you were flying. And planning a cross-country road trip is half the fun! There are so many amazing places to see. You want to maximize your time when you’re on a road trip and make sure you hit…
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8 Tips for Planning an Epic Cross-Country Road Trip
Our USAF Bus Conversion: Meet “Charlotte”
Manufacturer: Thomas Built Model: MVP Saf-T-Liner EF Year: 2002 Length: 26 ft. Engine: Cumins 5.9 230hp Turbo Diesel Fuel Injection Type: Electronic Fuel Injection Transmission: Allison 2000 Brakes: Air Batteries: 2 1000 CC Bus Batteries Original Mileage: 85,000 We bought our bus in November 2018 from Charlotte, North Carolina (hence her name, “Charlotte”!). Once we knew we wanted to purchase a school bus and take…
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The Not So Glamorous Side to Skoolie Life
Social media really does paint an amazing picture of the van, RV, and skoolie life. A lot of the content you come across are these gorgeous builds with people that look like they are living the ultimate dream. At the end of the day, we are living our dreams but are normal people like everyone else. And, no matter how…
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White Sands National Park: Everything You Need to Know
When you think of National Parks in the United States, some of your first thoughts may be Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, or Yosemite. However, the National Park Service oversees more than 500 areas throughout the United States including monuments, historic sites, and forests like White Sands. White Sands National Monument is one of those less known treasures that is located in…
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Building a Multi-Functional Skoolie Dinette
Every skoolie offers its own design challenges and flaws that you’ll have to overcome. With our medium bus “Charlotte“, we had the issue of wonky wheel well placements and size restrictions which limited where we could put our skoolie dinette. While we had to give up extra counter space, our skoolie dinette now functions as a place to eat, lounge,…
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