Bus Conversion

The Success And Unsuccess Of It All

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Guest Post by Victoria Drake

I’ve lived off the grid a few times, successfully and unsuccessfully. I’d like to share with you those experiences and my plan for living off of it full-time for the remainder of my days. Now I’m not a rich person. I won’t have a pension and I’ve always made around $1,200 a month, give or take. I have been homeless, by choice and completely unrelated to living off-the-grid, to learn from the experience, and I did just that. Essentially, I took it too far and changed my mindset so much, I didn’t know how to reintegrate into regular society again without first coming back home to my family and relearning it again. But I did learn the valuable lesson of the importance and preciousness of having a home and possessions.

This was my very first dream. And I may still do it, although as most first dreams, very pricey. Around $40,000+

The Successful Experience: My boyfriend and I had a converted school bus in the high mountains of the southwest desert. It was successful because we never suffered once and it could’ve gone on forever.

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9 On A Bus

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Rev. Charles Cain says: “I don’t know these folks, but I found their story to be pretty inspiring.” How would you like to convert an old school bus into a RV and than travel with a family of 9 across the country?

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain

Check out their story here.

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Jake’s Bus Conversion

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

The other day when I posted the bus for sale and talked about sharing some bus conversions, I was surprised by how many responses I received. There is quite an interest in this idea and I see several posts in the future on this subject.

Jake was one of those who emailed me the other day and shared his story with me. I decided to postpone the bus conversion I was originally planning to show you and share Jakes story instead.

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In 1982 I was a sophomore at a small college in the Midwest. It was the beginning of second term and I was again standing in line at the on-campus book store waiting to pay for a too-heavy stack of text books. The line was not moving at all so I put my books down on the floor and started flipping through the coffee table books on display. The book I chose to pick up first was titled Rolling Homes – Handmade House on Wheels by Jane Lidz. Thus the seed was planted.

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Gillig Bus Concept

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I’m heading out to the Oakland Airport to pick up my daughter who is coming home for the Thanksgiving Holiday, so I’m putting up just a quick post this morning. Here is a Gillig Bus for sale here in Healdsburg that was on Craigslist but just came off. I know … Read more