by Bryan Scott
We are Bryan and Jen and Karma, the wonderdog.
We are now embarking on a different journey all together. One that is equal parts exciting, frightening, unbelievable, logical and insane all wrapped up into one. We are now officially nomads and are living on the road. The PanAmerican highway to be specific (or at least near it).
As of July 2012 we no longer have daily jobs and no longer have a place to call home. The journey is our home and E, our bus is the method of getting there. Slowly. We are trying to find ourselves by getting lost and trying to see life through a lens that just hasn’t been possible over the last decade. We don’t know what to expect, where we will end up or how long it will take, but we are petty sure that we’ll know it we stumble upon it.
The Bus
This is E.
E is our 1967 Type II VW Bus.
E wasn’t always such a looker.
Below is a list of our major projects to date.
Were it that we had a woodshop and proper tools, this would have been a lot of fun and I think a relatively quick build. Instead, since we were living in a studio condo, weren’t allowed to work in the unit or garage, and had only a set of battery powered tools (drill/driver, circular saw and jigsaw) to complete the project things became a bit “interesting.” For lack of a better solution, the bus became our mobile workshop (and canvas).
View of the fridge on the left, the lounge/couch (which Karma claims as her own until told otherwise) with spare tire storage underneath. That space may well prove to be overflow storage if we move the spare to the roof rack.
Since its the most popular question when looking at the interior…the material on the cabinet doors and fridge face isn’t bamboo. It’s Kirei, another eco-material, made of 100% recycled sorghum root. We found it absolutely beautiful and thought the contrast and texture were perfect for the camper.
Just don’t look too closely at the craftsmanship and all is fine! I highly recommend a table saw before starting your own camper build, but we’re proof that it’s possible with whatever you’ve got laying around!
I’m honestly not sure this project will ever be entirely “complete,” and there are a few things I already would do differently if we had it to do all over again. But, we are at least at the stage where we have a functional camper and (so far) we are loving every second of it!
We are driving our 67 VW bus through Mexico/Central America and beyond.
No plan, only a mantra, “leap and the net will appear.”
Follow our travels here: http://www.thedangerz.com/
Current Location: Playa Maderas, Nicaragua