The farm that provides my vegetable box invited us to taste different varieties of heirloom tomatoes, and vote for one that they should plant for the next season. When night fell, we chatted it up with some good friends, and bus-camped in a grove of fig trees underneath a warm, starry sky.
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Since Boris the Bus is turning 40 soon, we thought it was time to pimp him out with some new gear - like solar panels! Although they don’t create enough power to charge the bus, they create enough energy while we’re on the road to charge lights, fans, iPhones, and iPads - because that’s what camping’s all about.
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Boris the Bus had the honor of being the getaway car for our friends Yusuf and Ashley, who got married earlier this year in Monterey. Instead of driving all the way back home that night, we decided to stay at a RV campground nearby. We rolled in, exhausted, at 2 in the morning, with “Just Married” still smeared on our windows.
Almost immediately after Mike bought the ‘71 VW Bus (”Boris”), our good friends Yusuf and Ashley pounced at the idea of Boris being the getaway car. And of course, we were more than happy to be part of the wedding!
Mike looked around and said, “Let’s get out of here. Now.” The RV park we were staying at didn’t have a good vibe. Contrary to what I think most RV vacationers are like (see left), they were, at least for the majority, very cold.
We had an amazing lunch in wine country, then we headed west towards the coast, stopping at whatever looked interesting. We decided to stay at an RV park at Bodega Bay that night which had running water and a shower (thank god!).
There’s nothing like a last-minute adventure. We had nothing planned, which felt fantastic. We had the bus to sleep in, clothes, tools (in case something broke on the way), and an entire weekend to look forward to.
Boris the Bus + Momo the Bunny + Mike = Just a few of my favorite things. I did this photo shoot a few weeks ago, when it really started to feel like summer.
Somehow, I got stuck in the 70s without actually living through it. Maybe it was the my somewhat conservative-yet-liberal parents, dancing to the Bee Gees with my dad when I was little, or the fact that my first car was an old Volvo I adored. I remember reading old 70s magazines and cookbooks I would [...]
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