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Deborah Aubie and Blazer and Some Flowers
Yesterday my husband took pictures of me and our dogs to send to our family members. This is a photo of me with our Cocker Spaniel “Aubie”. Here is another one with our Bassett Hound “Blazer”. Do you see the pretty flowers? Blazer saw the pretty flowers too and decided that they would probably taste…
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Camping in the Snow in Reno
On one of our treks across the country to work a show in California, we decided to take a few days and stay in Reno. The snow was beautiful and we were camped near the airport where we could see the planes constantly coming and going. You can see in the photos below that we…
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Cold Outer Banks Beach Camping in the Bus
In 2002, it was still possible to camp/park near the beaches in the Outer Banks, NC. These are a few shots of a quick trip we took over from the Chocowinity campground in the bus to test out a few things and just to see the beach/ocean again. It is always calling us, regardless of…
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Installing Kitchen Lights in the Bus
These posts seem to be out of order, a bit, however, here is a look at the lighting we added to the cabinets in the kitchen. Posts about the cabinet construction are also on this blog somewhere.
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Finding Room for the Dogs in the Bus
Pets, especially dogs, adapt to their surroundings rather quickly in most cases. This is even more true when the surroundings change, but the owners stay consistent. Dogs are pack animals and when they are your pets, they want to be where you are, regardless of where that is. Our dogs adapted very quickly to life…
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Interior Woodwork in the Bus
The first of our interior walls have been constructed and installed. In the photos below, you can see that Scott’s desk area has been formed inside the bedroom. In the lower photos, you can see the bed frame/pedestal has also been installed. The bed pedestal is a plywood platform that sits on a frame and…
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Taking a Bus Conversion on a Ferry
One of the interesting (and sometimes scary) things about owning a very large vehicle, like a bus, is the question that always sits in the back of your mind: Will we fit in or under that? Usually, the question comes up when you are looking at bridge clearances. However, in this case, we were taking…
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MCI Conversion Interior Shell Build
The bus was looking so much better on the inside with all of the paneling up on the walls and the back area shell completed. Cleaning up was easier, too. Everything was slowly becoming new where before it was all old and nasty. It was a lot of work to get it to this point,…
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Installing MCI Bus Lower Bins
Here are some more photos of the lower bins and the work we did to finish them off.
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Painting the MCI Bus Panels
In the photos below you can see the panels that were installed where the windows used to be. The back panel is where our bedroom would eventually be and the center panels were where the bathroom and kitchen pantry area were to be located. Taking out the windows meant that we could build inside from…
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