Long time coming, but slow going

It has been a long time since my last update! Not much has happened in the way of Wander Bus travels; for now anyway.

The bus is currently in the repair shop. It has been sick for a long time. In fact it has not run correctly since it was fixed in Oregon, almost one year ago. If my calculations are correct it was running at about 80% efficiency for power/gas mileage.But who cares about getting up hills and the bus only gets 8mpg, my not 6 or 7? According to the new mechanic he found at least one problem relating to that repair, a bad part. Since then the bus has been worked on twice, without solving the problem. Grrrrrrrrr. Don't worry folks, it was just my money. Needless to say Amanda was disappointed to find out that the repair was faulty, or rather the part was. It caused us a lot of worry, since we had a hard time trusting the bus. In fact the bus may go up for sale next year considering all the problems that I have dealt with. Last week I rebuilt the head. A 250lb chunk of steal, that need to be removed by had from the top of the engine.

I hope to have at-least one or two more adventures before she goes.
I'll update after the repair.



Tonight I do have a big event with the bus. Although she'll only be driving 35mph to get there. It is a big event a The Paradise rock club in Boston, formerly the Boston Tea Party. The bus will be used for interviews and as general eye candy. I should get a lot of publicity out of the deal. The gentleman who contacted me for the event was a former big shot a WBCN radio in Boston. He got my name from a friend who saw my bus parked in front of a house in Lexington. Good thing I had the banner. If nothing else tonight will be a new adventure, then off to the common ground fair in Abigail's Mercury Sable. We have been looking forward to this fair for months. It is filled with great lectures on plants, sustainable living...... Abigail is very excited considering she is on her way to becoming an herbologist and starting her own garden/medicinal herb business. Website coming soon at www.abigailsgarden.com hopefully in the next week. This fair should provide her with a significant amount of knowledge. Not to mention we are going to sell soap that we made by hand.

http://www.mofga.org/TheFair/tabid/135/Default.aspx

In the words of my father "s... happens, then you die" Nobody ever said it was good s**t or bad s**t. In the words of my zen master "it is what it is"