I bet this is going to be fun!

Thank you to Brianna and Ngaire for making this happen. I am so excite!




Come out and see us!

Bernard the Bus - Earth Day 2008 @ New Gate Montessori School in Sarasota Florida!

Hello everyone, I had plans in motion to be in virginia before we were aware of this wonderful opportunity to attend this years earth day event at the New Gate Montessori School, but Bob is amped and will be holding things together this saturday april 19th. Check out the link below and come out to visit Bob and learn about Bernard the Bus!

http://bernardthebus.com/images/earthday08.pdf

We met another Veggie Bus!

We met a couple from oregon traveling around in their veggie bus. Our friend brandy saw them at whole foods and brought them back to us. We exchanged stories and tip and tricks and technicalities and formalities. They have a sweet bus and we hope to see them around sometime. They were on there way out of florida but you can check them out on myspace

Working it out, yeah, we are getting things going.

Although slowly. I am finding sarasota comfortable this time around and this time of year. I am selling my photographs at the Artists Market downtown. I am eating great local produce from Jessica's Farm. I am riding bike as my main form of transportation. I have been practicing yoga at rosemary court with Beth and friends. I have been reading books of all sorts, and I have started recording some music at my friend nino's in home studio. I am in no hurry to leave. Work and money have been slow and it has changed my thinking somewhat. My good friends Jesse and Nino are having a baby in june and we have decided to stay for this magnificent occasion. We have also decided to sell two shares of Bernard making him owned and inhabited by four people. We are accepting application at roth@thelur.org from all interested parties. Shares will be sold for $3,000. I cut off my dreadlocks and I am much faster now :). So, the plan is still coming together but at a much slower rate than I had originally thought. I have been doing lots of research into alternative energies and the companies and organizations involved. I still need to make connections and put together information to distribute. We still have a lot of projects planned for Bernard. All said and done I feel very fortunate, my life is awesome.

If you are interested, here are a few things to look into:
Loremo- 150 miles per gallon 2 cylinder diesel vehicle.

Air-Powered Hybrid

Energy Literacy.org

Hand Harvested Seaweed from Maine

Grow your own Sprouts

Nathan Stubblefield

soon...

i know no one will see this post. soon, though. i think. i've been doing everything i can to get roth to put this up on the site, finished or not. i feel like any display of progress would be better than our excited but somewhat outdated 3-month-old update. am i wrong? if i am, let me know before the next post. i dare you.

anyway, here's the news: the bus is grounded by technical difficulties. one of the 2 coolant-heated fuel system components is leaking coolant into the vegetable oil. no bueno. so, i'll have to take all that stuff apart and send something away to be replaced. we're considering the february gathering in ocala as our next excursion, provided i'm able to take care of the aforementioned snafu by then, though it would mean quite abandoning our employer here in sarasota. it would also likely push back our march departure, as the projects are coming together slow. perhaps it's just the lack of money, perhaps more a lack of focus. either way, what we need are materials. namely, 1 1/4 inch angle iron - lots of it. a slab to work on would be nice, but that i can get around. storage boxes would be huge. then, the deck, then... well, we have alot to do. hopefully the site will be up soon, everybody. thanks for listening.

-bob
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