This is the bus and life conversion adventure of Angela and Elizabeth.
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| Soma Summit 2012 |
The craziness began in October 2012 when we attended a retreat in Texas. We have been searching for a community that we weren't finding in Bloomington and we were on the verge of moving to a new place in an effort to find it. At the retreat, we found the community we sought. They weren't all from one place, they were from around the world. We decided we needed to be able to travel around the world to connect with this new community.
We came home we began discussing the barriers to the travel we wanted...and money was at the top of the list. We live simply, so the only expense we could eliminate was housing expense. But how? We need a home! I don't know how it started or why a bus got thrown into the conversation but it did and it was on! By Thanksgiving we found a bus on Craigslist and the adventure began!
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| Us and Travis~the nice man who sold us the bus |
The bus we found was 3 hours away so backup arrived and we were off. Angela's uncles Mike and John drove up from Kentucky to help us bring it home. John is a truck driver so we were excited to have his help learning to drive a big...long....bus!!!! John drove the winding country roads to the highway, and then it was Elizabeth's turn. It was really fun and surprisingly easy. She drove through Greencastle with stoplights and turns and traffic! We stopped for lunch at this little diner where we met some interesting characters.
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| 1st up~Uncle John |
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| Angela behind the wheel |
One woman was very excited about the bus and suggested we come back and leave the old men at home next time~ hahaha! After lunch, Angela drove the rest of the way to Bloomington, including making a right hand turn at a stoplight, with a car sitting in the other lane! Perfect execution. We arrived at our destination and parked in a sweet spot on the hill over looking the 15 acre farmland!
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| Mike, Angela, Elizabeth, John~The crew that brought it home! |
