So here’s me in my office. As of this writing I’ve got about 120,000 miles in this chair in 48 states. For those curious about the details she's got a 12.7 liter diesel engine with a 6 speed automatic transmission that'll do 75 on the highway very nicely.
The front lounge. Most of our day to day time is up here doing something or another, be it admin word, rehearsal, or just hanging out. As you can see, we’ve got two couches, a dinette, and a full entertainment system with surround sound.
Another shot of the front lounge, this one a little more typical look. As you can see, life goes on as we head on down the highway. Although I don’t get to experience it much, there is a definite skill involved when moving around on a moving bus. I’ve been told that 30-mph showers can be an interesting experience.
The front lounge looking back. You can see all the way to the back room in this shot. There’s still a lot of bus to go!
The kitchen. You can see two fridges, a sink, stovetop, and microwave. Some teams do more cooking than others, but currently this team just uses the kitchen for leftovers. On a previous team one of the ladies was able to use the microwave to bake bread.
Sometimes making breakfast involves it raining breakfast cereal, but tht's a whole other story... Let’s put it to you this way: when the stewardess on the airlines says that your bags in the overhead bins may have shifted in flight, she aint kidding! Just so you know whenever you get around to living on a bus, all cabinets should be opened with caution!
The hallway. Here we have two closets, personal drawers, personal duffel bags, our bunks, musical instrument storage, the bathroom, and the shower. On the right you can see a map where we highlight our route
Here everyone has a personal drawer for storage. Everyone’s idea of what goes in their drawer is different. Personally I have a decent amount of books and other junk, and not a huge amount of clothes. Other put so many clothes in their drawer they can’t even close it. On the top shelf everyone can put a duffel for clothes, and under the drawers is a large space for instrument storage.
Believe it or not this drawer doesn't have a lot in it compared to some I've seen.
The bunks. All the single folk have a bunk to sleep on. In it are A/C vents, a reading light, and an outlet. They’re about 2 feet tall, about 2 and a half feet wide, and just slighty shorter than I am, although most people don’t have that problem. For my first two and a half years on the road I had the upper bunk on the right of this image, but this time around I’m on the bottom on the left.
The bathroom. As you can see it's pretty small and it's not unusual to have a bit of a line in both the morning and evening. The shower is in a seperate compartment that's about the same size. Because we have a finite supply of fresh water (200 gals.) Showers are limited to 3 minutes of water.
Someone stealing my old bunk.... Her husband is about to get her out though...
The back room. On teams with a married couple this functions as their room; on teams with no married couple this is another common area.
Sometimes late at night interesting moments happen that I can't comment on. I need to leave it at that...