Who needs sleep when adventure is near?

Since Kelly flew in on Monday we have been beyond busy getting the bus ready. The more we seemed to get done on the bus, the more we realized we had to do. After almost 10 trips to Home Depot and too many dollars spent at Wal-Mart, we are ready to launch.


We got the bus fully situated for us guys to use as a surf vehicle. Boards strapped to the interior of the roof, manly shelves neatly organized, and bins for cooking, camping, surfing, spear fishing, etc, we had the bus looking like a beautiful RV. Then after developing a system, we trashed all order to fit the absurd amount of things Crystal had. We strapped mattresses to the roof and crammed a stove, fridge, washer, dryer, big screen TV, lamps, pictures frames, and loads of things filling every usable inch of the bus.

Last night we went to sleep at 5:30am and woke up 2 hrs later to keep working. Sleep deprived and exhausted, it is now 11pm and we will leave in 1 hr.

I kissed my mother goodbye and thanked her for all the work she did in sewing bedding for us, helping make our screen curtains and many other things. She wished me luck and then said that if I died on this trip she would be glad that at least I died happy. Then she proceeded to make sure that I would want a 'life celebration' rather than a funeral should anything happen!

The first stop will be fuel: Diesel for the bus and coffee for the drivers. A quick stop in Raleigh to drop off our cars with Josh Rasch and crew around 4am, and then we all board the bus and head south.

South to warmer weather and water, south to a break from work, south to waves everyday and untold adventure, south to freedom.