The Temporary Bus Home 2006

The Temporary Conversion - July 2006

Notice the cool DVD players for the kiddos (all rear-facing)
and the built-in potty room.

For the temporary get-us-to-TN-and-back conversion,

we left in 8 of the original seats and traded the rest of the seats out for parts and labor from Earl's Garage and junkyard. Danny Earl is the bomb and let Marc go junkyard diving. In 90 degree heat, ratchet in hand, he scored a great seat/bed for the back where you see Cory and Bryan and a nice captain's chair (not yet installed).

We strapped in the three car seats with heavy duty moving straps and they worked so well, we thought of using them in the van. The rest of us do not have seat belts.

We were on pins and needles the first hour or so of the trip (this is a much larger rig than we're used to) then settled in to an easy time - for those of us who weren't driving anyway.

We're there already?!?!

The temp rig included DVDs and Playstation for the rear passengers.

We really had no reason to stop on a 10 hr. drive to Tennessee other than for the driver. I think we made one stop.

No need to stop for gas.
No need to stop for food.
We brought a cooler and PB&J.
No need to stop for a restroom.


Time seemed to slip away in the heart of our Maybelle, traveling like a white bullet down the high way.