Issue #704 | October 2019

Skoolies

Photograph by Darron Birgenheier

Living out of renovated school buses.

In This Issue:

Skoolies: People Living out of Converted School Buses

A short essay by W. Anderson Lee on the virtues of living out of a converted school bus.

DIY Travel Binder Printables for Kids on the Road

an example of the printables detailed in the article

Fun, printable activities for kids in the back seat of a road trip.

Prem Yogi: Musician, Chef, Masseur, Yogi

Prem Yogi plays guitar in his converted school bus

Inspirational is just the beginning, read about Prem, his music, approach to cooking and massage, and how he uses his skoolie to make these things happen.

Forrest and Fiona: From VW Bus to Converted Skoolie

a gradient running from school bus yellow to forrest's new blue

A couple inherited a school bus from their son, and this is the amazing job they did converting it into a traveling home.

Chase and Mariajose: Tio Aventura

Chase and Mariajose stand outside of their blue converted school bus, looking quite content

Mariajose and Chase live in a converted school bus and plan to travel the world.

The Real Buslife of Cheshire

A Brit and an Australian were traveling by van when they decided to mix things up – with a skoolie! Check out their homesteading lifestyle in England out of their converted school bus.

Why Choose a Bus Conversion?

a converted 1970s bus that's now a home on the road

Stephanie and her family converted their own bus into a home on the road. Read the ups and downs of that process, what they learned, and more!