The Skoolie Diaries

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A weekly, sometimes bi-monthly, podcast about the Skoolie conversion process from choosing a bus to traveling in it and everything in between.


    • Mar 14, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 30m AVG DURATION
    • 74 EPISODES


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    74 - Skooliepalooza 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 42:57


    The title says it all really.

    73 - Bakersfield is Boring

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 17:55


    We cover time in Bakersfield, Vasquez Rocks, and Joshua Tree!  TLDL: visit the later two.

    72 - BIG TREE (tm)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 36:43


    Big trees, San Francisco, December.

    71 - 90% Caulk

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 35:26


    Seattle, Portland, Mountains, the sea and leaks.

    70 - Best Coffee in Seattle

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 45:44


    We found the *best* coffee in Seattle!

    69 - Nice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 35:33


    This episode we talk about the hidden gems we've seen of late.

    68 - Sizing Your Solar System Smorgasbord

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 32:45


    The last Month in Provo River, Utah, a discussion about sizing your solar system, and more random beats and pieces from our travels.  Enjoy!

    67 - Great Salt Lake, Not Great, Not a Lake, Very Salty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 36:24


    A quick recap of our travels, the travails of finding a spot to stay, people are serious about forest fires here and the Not Great Salt Lake.

    66 - We got the car stuck

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 28:58


    We went to a really cool beach on a lake in the desert!  Auto drama ensued.  Quack

    65 - What Time is it?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 50:49


    From Las Cruces NM to Holbrook AZ and adventures in between! 

    64 - From White Sands to Cloudcroft

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 22:25


    Our first clip show! Well sort of...

    63 - Marfa's Gotta Marfa

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 16:51


    A quick episode on out stay in Marfa Texas.

    62 - We Made It!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 37:37


    Thank Shuvom for the title.  We made it across the West Texas Desert safe and sound.  Big Bend National Park doesn't know what hit it.

    61 - More Bus Repairs and other Shinanigans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 33:30


    Yep, you read that right, something else broke!

    60 - Texas BBQ Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 45:04


    Our time in and around Austin Texas and an update on the Turbo.

    59 - 5k repair!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 34:24


    The title says it all.  Shuvom and I discuss.

    58 - One Year in the Bus

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 37:25


    Shuvom and I talk about how the first year of bus life has treated us.

    57 - Texas Winter Storm Uri

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 32:56


    We made it, but it wasn't easy.  Fair warning, there are a couple expletives in this episode.

    56 - Month 2 in Houston

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 29:48


    What did we do for 2 months in one place? 

    55 - The Holidays in Houston

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 24:28


    A round up of what we've done on the bus in the last month.  And driving in Houston.  It's nuts.

    54 - The not so Insta side of #buslife

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2021 30:09


    Over the Holiday, Shuvom and I talked about the not so picture perfect side of #buslife.

    53 - Thanksgiving and Minor Catastrophes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 35:17


    Thanksgiving on the beach, water leaks and dirty flues, oh my!

    52 - Walkin' In Memphis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 18:21


    Two weeks in Memphis, some skoolie in the wild sightings and then moving on.

    51 - The points between the points are the point

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 20:35


    The last day in St Louis and the first day in Memphis.  And our stove pipe flew off.

    50 - Crappy Weather in St Louis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 21:24


    Rain for a week straight, and extra weeks stay and little time to enjoy the city.  Yay.  lol

    49 - The Land of Lincoln...and Iowa I guess

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 44:29


    Our travels and adventures in #buslife in Illinois and Iowa.  We visit our childhood homes, fix some things and have debit card adventures.

    48 - Of Pee and Travels #BFLO

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 36:55


    This episode we learn the true fate of the urine diverter P-trap, we head west, we have guests in the bus, we see a herd of #BFLO, a whole mess of museums and end up in Chicagoland.

    47 - Six Months in the Bus

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 30:22


    We talk about how we feel about our first six months in the bus.

    46 - Three Weeks in New York

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 21:07


    We got really busy seeing the sites in New York.

    45 - Antennas and Feedback

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 17:10


    We wrestle with our work/bus balance, internet on the road and ask for feedback from all of you.  So let us know how we're doing!

    44 - On the Road Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 34:51


    We're out of New Hampshire and headed west.  We have adventures with air conditioning and plans to fix our internet woes. 

    43 - And Back to NH

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 51:49


    Another exciting two weeks of moving, bus maintinance, hot, hot weather, near yellow disaster and uncertain future plans.  #BusLife

    42 - Lobstah Bouy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 45:02


    We head to Maine for a week to avoid the heat and the adventures never stop.  Dead batteries, cold ocean, fog banks, bad movies, pot blocked by bureaucracy, this episode has it all!

    41 - There and Back Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 36:02


    Our trip to Rhode Island, another water leak, and why you need stabilizer jacks.

    40 - Hot water in May

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 23:36


    Finally!  After much tribulation, hot water is now on Vault 211!

    39 - Death and Rebirth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 20:54


    Life goes on in Vault 211.

    38 - Flying North

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 19:02


    Catching up on the last three weeks.  We made a mad dash north during Corona Virus and got a few things done on the bus. 

    37 - The Quarantine Waltz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 34:42


    More tales from the stationary bus in the Weirds.  Please excuse the fluctuating sound quality of this episode.  I was in the bus but the windows were open and every truck for miles decided to go by while I was recording and they got every bird in the area to sing at the top of their lungs.  And my cat kept brushing the mic.  I couldn't win. XD

    36 - Times They are a Changin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 27:40


    Corona Virus continues to change the full timer landscape and job scape.

    35 - Working Throught the Madness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 37:14


    Corona is making everything interesting, so how are we holding up in the bus?

    34 - Hunkering Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 27:29


    With Corona ramping up, we are finding a place to hunker down.  And it's not as easy as we had hoped.

    33 - Regrets and Periods

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020 38:12


    Do we have regrets in our build?  Things we wish we'd done or done differently?  And how well does the Seperett handle that time of the month?

    32 - They Come in Threes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020 25:56


    Trouble always comes in threes and we just had two and three hit us.

    31 - Making Some Big Hops South!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 22:58


    We've passed the Mason Dixon line at last!

    30 - The Thousand Dollar Mistake

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 28:30


    Boy do we have a story of trying to escape NYC that went so wrong.  But it could have been so much worse!

    29 - Our NYC Misadventure

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 21:01


    We make it from CT to Jersey City NJ, but not without some misadventures.

    28 - Bus Life, The Early Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 34:52


    Aside from parking locations and travel, there's also the day to day of living in a bus for the first time.  This episode I go over some of those things.  And I talk about poop.  Fair warning!

    27 - And We're Off!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 35:54


    We've finally left home on our Bus Adventure!  This pod is a bit rough, I'm still tired from the whole moving/renting ordeal.  But we're on the road at last!

    26 - Close but no Cigar

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 26:27


    Another week of working to get the house ready.  Another delay to handle.

    25 - Packing up the Homestead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 16:05


    The flu has passed and the great cleaning out of the house is in full swing. 

    24 - The Flu Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 12:35


    I think the title says it all...

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