Picking up The Other One!

Today is the day I go and pick up The Other One from Alpharetta, GA. Buying a school bus and traveling has been a dream of mine for over 5 years, and now I am finally living my dream. I knew what I had always wanted, but I never thought I would find someone crazy enough to go with me. 

Jimmy and I met in 2011 at the All Good Music Festival in Morgantown, WV. We had thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2010, but he was always a few days behind me and we never met on the trail. At All Good the following year we were introduced by mutual friends and had our first conversation on-top of a school bus on my birthday, July 18th. We had both to get on-top of this abandoned school bus that was on the festival property. Never did I think 3 years later we would be purchasing a bus together. We rekindled our relationship on RatDog tour and decided to go in on this endeavor together.

I told Jimmy of my dreams and he too wanted to travel the country. We found the bus on Craigslist and immediately knew this was the one. I had been searching for months for something like this and I was astonished of how perfect this bus is. We called the owners of the bus and instantly had a connection with traveling, hiking and our wanderlust. Jimmy met with the owners on his way back from Wanee Music Festival and called me on the phone to let me know, "this is the one."

Jimmy left for Yosemite National Park to work as a Raftie for the summer. I am picking the bus up with a few of my friends and keeping it in Asheville until he returns. Our plans are to travel with our friends to Lockn' Music Festival in September, then head West for the fall and winter.

So much more to come as our epic journey begins, and I cannot wait to share our stories of love, travel and happiness to all of our loved ones. 

**The bus came by and I got on, that's where it all began**