Life at a "Swell's" pace: Surfing

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.

We decided this past weekend to take a camping trip with the bus to see how it would be to sleep, cook, and do a bit of "glamping" in it. We also did a bit of surfing while we were over at the coast. We had a great time, and we also realized what items we needed more for the bus, what we can fix, and also what things aren't necessary. It was a nice way to get away for the weekend, and we all had a great time. Hardy had a great time, too.

I always love how the surfboards look next to the school bus. It makes me think of a traveling surf group going around the world surfing whenever they can.

Hardy gets excited the closer we get to the ocean. He loves spending time on the bus and even more spending time with us, no matter what we are doing. Him's a good boy.

The water was calling. And we answered the call until the sun started to go down.

We were at Beverly Beach State Park for the night and woke up the next day and headed to Agate Beach.

We surfed a lot at Agate Beach and when we were leaving I found the cutest sand dollar. I love finding these that have holes in the middle. I always think they would look so cute on a small silver or gold chain. Another shop item? Maybe...

Once we were all exhausted from surfing, we made brunch and took our time relaxing and enjoying the day.

Our bus setup is slowly getting there. We aren't like some bus convertors and get it all done in a set amount of time. We actually love taking our time on the conversion and enjoying every set of the process. The table here is the one that will be bolted to the floor and be part of our "dining area" of the bus.