Camping/Surf Trip in No Rain the Bus (Day 2)

 Day two of our camping/surf trip we hit the waves and enjoyed the day. The first day we mostly relaxed and did some beach hiking, but day two we surfed for a few hours before the weather turned on us. Surfing in the rain is not as fun as it may sound. So we packed it up and headed out. It was a good weekend overall and every chance we have to get away to the beach we take it.

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Camping/Surf Trip in No Rain the Bus (Day 1)

 We took off on a camping/surfing trip for the weekend and day one was hiking, relaxing, and trying hard to look for the annular solar eclipse through the clouds. We weren't the only ones that was camping this weekend because of the solar eclipse, though. We stayed at South Beach State Park and had a great location close to the restrooms and the showers. We don't have a shower setup yet on the bus, so our location was perfect for all of us to take a shower whenever we needed to. Unfortunately, we didn't see what we all were hoping for, because the clouds just wouldn't cooperate. Despite the clouds being lame, we had a great first day camping. We got all set up, did some hiking around the beach, cooked some dinner, and watched a few movies. It was nice just to kick back and relax and not worry about much.

Filling up is always fun to watch. Not so fun to watch the amount go up, though. ☺

When the eclipse happened it got darker, but unfortunately that was all we were going to get to see. It lasted about two minutes and it was bright again. Similar to a total solar eclipse, except an annular the moon doesn't completely cover the sun. It is still a cool thing to see in person. Once it was light again, we took a hike to explore our campground.

We love South Beach, because the beach access is along a pathway through the sea grass. It's like walking through a movie set, or a romantic novel. 

Eleven is starting to get used to being on the bus when we are stopped, but she still isn't sure about it when we start it up. Hopefully, as we take her on more trips she will get used to the sounds and enjoy it more. Our kitchen setup is coming along slowly. This isn't the final setup, but for right now it works and meets our needs.

Dog Hitching Post.♥

We love our setup. Even without solar panels we make it work. You can see what we are doing with our bus by checking out our page here on the blog, Instagram, Twitter, or Threads. 

Surf Trip to Beverly Beach

 With all the work on the walls lately we decided to take an overnight surf trip to the coast to take a bit of a break. It's been hot working in the bus and with only a shop fan, it gets a bit overwhelming some days, but we pushed along and finished the walls completely this week. We definitely were in for a small celebration for our accomplishment. 

Our temporary "dinning" area is perfect for Skylar to do some homework on the way over to the coast. His setup helped him get a lot of work done before we spent the rest of the time on the waves.

Hardy loves riding up front and watching where we are going. I took his pad from our house and shoved it down through the handrail so that he had a nice place to lay or sit and watch where we were headed. He loved going to the coast with us and he loves riding in the bus even more. Where ever we are, he always wants to be.

We drove into the campground and checked in. It was nice to see so many other campers around us that were enjoying the weekend, as well.

The camp spot we had was right on the turn to leave the campground, so we had a lot of other campers that were curious about the bus. We met a lot of nice people that were fascinated with our bus setup and wanted to look inside. We love when people want to know more and it gives us a chance to meet new people. There have been a lot of connections this way and we end up seeing a lot of them again later. It's kind of like a small, unspoken community that enjoy camping and friendships.

We got to try out our solar bus lights on this camping trip and we just love how great they look once the sun goes down.

We brought the boards out and got them ready to hit the waves. A lot of people took pictures of our boards and bus setup, so we did the same and we just love how cool it all looks.

 

As we were setting up to eat dinner I found the Devil's pitchfork. I ended up keeping this cool branch, because it's not often you see the Devil's tools laying around. ☺

The bus looks like this almost 90% of the time. What you see online is always after a cleaning, but in reality, the bus is being lived in for days, so it's not always going to be 100%. No shame, though, because we have a blast either way.

We store out boards in the under storage of the bus and we are currently in the process of creating a rack on the side of the bus to hold the boards. We are looking at welders to help us create a metal rack that holds them, locks them when not in use, but keeps them out of the way of other things in the under storage area. The area under the bus is going to be used strictly for water tanks, and other necessary items that are needed to help keep the bus running efficiently.

After leaving Beverly Beach we headed to Agate Beach, Ernest Bloch Wayside to hit a few more waves before we headed home.

The board next to the bus will always been a fun thing to see with me. I love how awesome our life is right now. It's such a great way to spend a weekend and we all had a great time.