A Work in Progress

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1965 Wanderlodge

The morning before we leave the house and paint is still wet. That’s the fresh water tank underneath the bed on the left. Leaving tomorrow, and I still have to make the elaborate piece that will cover the face of the kitchen cabinet. Things are still a bit rough, but … Read More

Forward Progress

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Wanderlodge Painting

Week two of bus renovating continued with nice Florida weather and a list of to-dos that seemed to grow daily. We found a nearby glass place that whipped up 6 new windows for us. Never having purchased new glass before, I was pleasantly surprised at how inexpensive it was. The … Read More

Regenerating

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Wanderlodge Kitchen Teardown

So, that was a closet, and the easy choice would have been to leave it a closet, but once you start tearing into these things you get ideas in your head. In this case I thought, what if I just get rid of this wall, eliminate the closet, and make … Read More

Wanderlodge Work

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Wanderlodge workers

We rented a house in Pensacola for three weeks, with the plan of “restoring” the bus in that time. That plan could have been considered, as I like to say, “putting lipstick on a pig.” Like those house flipping shows that throw fresh paint on top of everything, add a … Read More

Pensacola

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Pensacola AirBnB

We nailed some beautiful weather as we made our way south from Nashville. We continuously hopped from one State Park to another along our route, winding along the backroad highways as much as we could. This led us to some out of the way places, like Paul M. Grist State … Read More