 Well, hello. Hello. Welcome to Skoolie Palooza. It is actually the last day of Skoolie Palooza. Oh, by the way, we have Claire Bear. She's back. It is actually the last day. I was having some issues with my drone. I despise DJI for drones. I've had nothing but trouble with them. But yeah, so I figured we just kind of walk around, see what's going on here, give you guys a taste of what it is like to be a school bus owner and meet up with over a hundred and fifty other school buses and their owners. We'll do a little, I don't know, kind of a pan just to kind of give you an idea. This is not, see if my drone is working, I was gonna give you guys a nice aerial shot, but here we are. Well, we had never seen a school bus turned into a home, but one night Debbie called me on her way home from work and said, I think we need to downsize. And all day long, I had been thinking about that. Never in my life had I thought about downsizing because I was always wanting more. You know, 75 laying hens is not enough. Let's have a hundred. You know, 40 dogs is not enough. I'm gonna buy a few more. Six milk goats, that's just not enough. Let's get some more. So, you know, I was always trying to do more, but all day long I had been thinking, you know, I think we need to downsize. So, we were just in agreement and I looked on, went on to eBay and I found this bus in Gillette, Wyoming and I flew up there and picked it up and and we started on it, definitely downsized and it was, it's been a blessing. It's freedom like we haven't had before. It's a good word. And I'll tell you what, out here, the community is more than I've ever experienced in my life. Yeah. Community is just wonderful. Well, you have a lovely home. Thanks for letting us in here. Well, you're welcome. And see, I wanted a big kitchen because I like to eat. Yep. And my wife likes to cook. That's it. That's a good combo. Yeah. If he has a big kitchen, she'll cook for me. My name is Jerry. My wife's name is Vanessa and the bus is Catalina and we're at everything after Z bus life. Cool. And why did you get a bus? Why are you into the bus life? Well, I retired and we were looking at motor homes and we decided after watching other YouTubers who are building buses at the motor home, you know, this environment is not a good idea. So we wanted something personal, so it would hold up for a long time and we can enjoy it a lot better. So we jumped into this. It's been hard. Guys, we have a familiar face here. I don't know if Steve is here. What time is it? 120. You know, Steve has an alarm clock that goes off every single day, so he eats lunch so he doesn't forget. He's not inside though. The bus is called the Hummingbird bus. Your name? My name is Andy and I got it in March last year and then I had one month to, or a month that I have to build it out and then I drove off to a campus job and sat in it all summer and then I've been touring around in the fall here. Nice. And what made you come down to Schoolie Palooza? I came last year and I was in my van and I got inspired by everybody's buses and that's when I sold my van and got this. Cool. And you said this is a month and a half build? Yeah, yeah, this is a month and a half, just really quick. I do build bands, like spinner bands and stuff for people. So more just kind of, you got the essentials, you got the water, you got the sink. Just a super quickie and then I have a little pop-up table but we're using it out there right now. Sure. And then, you know, just kind of whipped it together. It's got 780 on the roof with 600 amp hours underneath the closet here and the storage there. Yeah. Batteries and just the AGMs and a little composting toilet and a bed. Got the skis. I've been up in Mammoth Lakes for the last three months and then moved down here just for Schoolie Palooza to come back and like be here and then I think I'm going to Tucson next. Oh, nice. That's a good lifestyle, man. Yeah. Stoked on it. Yeah. Look at what the cat dragged in here. What is it? The formula, formerly known as the schoolie, we have uncool Dean in the flesh. Are you going somewhere? Pretty uncool. Yeah, I'm going to go down and be able to make a phone call a little better. Sounds good. See you in a little bit. I came to Schoolie Palooza to meet lots of friends my age. Did that work out? Yes. Okay, good. We came to meet new people and just look around other buses. We found a lot of friends in the couple days that we were here. Now, do you guys like living on a bus as a kid? Yes. It's hard. There's like a job to leave, a school to leave, friends to leave, but I mean, you meet a lot of new people. It's a different lifestyle for sure. Yeah. Do you guys have fun? Yes. Okay, cool. Thank you. I think this is going to be the final intrusion, the final, I don't know, questionnaire tour. We met our new friend, Danny. Yes. From New York. And so let's do a quick little run through here. This is one of the prettiest buses I've seen at the Bus Fair. Look, he has a great eye for detail and design. As you guys can see with this, I don't know, Swedish? Norwegian? Danish. Danish. We got the Danish vibes here. It's like nicer than Ikea, you know what I mean? Because it's Danish, not Swedish. But here's the back part. This is a little hobbit door into the toilet here. Isn't that nice? Isn't that pretty? Super, super nice. Nice little cozy sleeping area. So I guess I'll ask you the same question I was asking other people. Sure. Why did you come to Skully Palooza? And I guess what did you expect? I have been living in this for six months now. Four of those months were on my cousin's farm in Maine. And that was just, you know, physically creating a home. And I knew that at some point I'm going to have to confront living life in this home. And I think one of the most important things for any of us is to have some community of like-minded people. And I thought this is kind of a unique situation here. Where am I going to find like-minded people? And Skully Palooza, I was considering RTR too. But once I got here I found that these are my people. Yes. I would agree. Yeah, that's pretty much it. That's a good answer. And what I love is that we all come from different places. But there's this kind of theme that bonds us. Yeah, and this is not your cookie cutter RV, folks. This is really nice. This is more tiny home realm here. And design and obviously the customization. So anyways, great being your neighbor. Yeah, it's really wonderful to meet you. Yeah, likewise. Yeah, likewise. Keep in touch. Yeah, very cool.