The Final Days in the States

This last week before we disappear south is a crazy week with much to do still. I just picked up Kelly Lund from the airport in VA and we will power out for the last few days to get everything done. We still have to:
-Build the shelves in the back of the bus
-Build the system to hang the surf boards from the roof
-Convert the Bus from DC current to AC current
-Buy several surf boards
-Get Rabies shots for Muerte
-Tie Crystal's (I will explain who that is later) Mattress' to the roof and figure out how to load her insane amount of stuff on the bus.
-Work out some stuff with the Bank
-Shop for food
-Buy the remaining needed gear
-And the list goes on and on
(The picture is Eric painting over the old school bus lettering. Eric will hopefully be joining us in November.)


To build the bunks we turned one bus seat around and used 2x4s and as support and then laid ply wood across the top. Here is a mid construction picture. Complete pics to come later.

Crystal, the woman I spoke of above, is a sweet Mexican lady who works with Jeremiah. She lives in Guadalajara half the year with her husband. We are taking her along with her three children (2, 4, and 7) and a ridiculous amount of stuff home. So they will be traveling with us for the first 4 or 5 days. Half of her garage is full of things she wants to take, including mattresses, a washer, dryer, stove, fridge, tv, and boxes and boxes of other stuff.

This is from the last decent swell we had on the Outer Banks when I was actually able to get out in the water and was not swamped with work. A few good days like this on the Outer Banks get me so amped for the massive amount of epic surf we will have over the next few months. Hopefully we may get some surfing shots while in C America, but surfing is a much bigger priority than pictures.