Bus Mods - operation road kitchen

The second project on the bus, was the "kitchen" area. I am sick of having to wash my dishes with a wet rag, so i built some cabinets and a counter top, and installed a sink. I threw a water tank underneath with a pump that runs off a spare battery underneath the bus, that will be hooked to a solar panel on the roof.

I built some book/plant shelves for the end of the cabinet.

and dialed it all in with some cabinet doors, and a shelf on the wall

Trail life

I love the solitude of being in the woods alone.

but its just as good to have great people surrounding you.

Beach house weekends

Drove the bus out to Little Compton, Rhode Island, to hang out with some friends for a night. When I showed up to the house, Jake was soaking in an outdoor bath tub,drinking a Mojito.

I had to jump in the other one.

We juggled.

we played pool

we juggled and hula hooped while balancing on some weird seesaw.

I love having a good time with all of my friends. Thank you Jake,Laura,and Hazel for the good times.

the funniest thing in the world - Jokes

The Bus. getting it ready for The Endless Summer

This past winter, changed my life. The spontaneity of buying a plane ticket to Austin and then taking a bus ride to NYC instead of getting on the plane,packing into a van with 7 of my friends and driving up and down the east coast meeting great people, flying to San Francisco on a whim, and staying for months, jumping in a van with 3 friends and driving from california to virginia,then getting on a sailboat and sailing from Maryland to Maine. Third eye open.

      The crazy winter, made me want to get the bus dialed and get on the road with no destination for a while. The Endless Summer.  Unfortunately, living on the road out of a back pack for 3 months, left me run down and disheveled. Close to broke with a laundry list of things i would need money for.
 First thing first was to get it back on the road. Backed up taxes,insurance,registration,a suspended license I didnt know about... $800.00. I worked at the boat yard for a few weeks and saved up enough to get it on the road. Next was to start building a new bed that would sit above the veggie tanks.

After sleeping on floors and couches, in trees, mel's 5 year old sons bed,and who knows where else, It feels really really good to have my own bed again.

Video

FBM just posted all my "B-Roll" footage from the new video.  Can't wait to do some more trips. North East Trails trip soon?


Eric Hennessey -Thousand Yard Stare from FBM BMX on Vimeo.