How good is your parking brake?
A vintage Volkswagen has excellent brakes. Hand brakes included. Early bay window buses had excellent four-wheel drum brakes when they...
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- Sep 27, 2021
- 1 min
Where have I been all week?
Yeah man, I got really high and forgot to update my blog. I was, like, the highest person in the continental US for a bit. The summit of...
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
Gutten Tag, Chloe!
Kent (in the blue) has known Chloe (in the yellow) for about five years now, and they pretty much go everywhere together. It wasn't...
- Sep 21, 2021
- 1 min
New Mexico has the most beautiful overpasses.
An odd superlative, to be sure, but I mean it. The turquoise reminds me of my grandpa's rings I remember him wearing when I was too young...
- Sep 16, 2021
- 1 min
A Cholla Portrait
"Robbie, isn't that just another one of your angled-mirror selfies?" Well, I mean yeah but it's also one of more than twenty different...
- Sep 15, 2021
- 1 min
Same Divide, New Crossing
Back in the 2021 Summer Tour, I'm leaving New Mexico and heading for Oklahoma. I'll be crossing to the eastern seaboard on a much less...
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Across the Great Divide
This is a repost from my 2016 road trip blog, What the Road Tells Me. You can listen along with my paired music here. -- I was not going...
- Sep 13, 2021
- 1 min
The Air-Schooled morning brew
Happy Sunday morning, all hail the bean juice. Having spend the better part of my young adult life strung out on caffeine from nearly two...
- Sep 12, 2021
- 1 min
Solar power in a vintage VW bus?
Is it worth it? Would I do it again? Was it easy to set up? Yes to each and every one of those. And while I do not consider myself an...
- Sep 10, 2021
- 1 min
Your car is trying to tell you something…
Stop, children, what's that sound… It's your car. And the noises it's making aren't going to earn it a spot on the local drumline....
- Sep 9, 2021
- 1 min
Welcome to Fabulous Stall City
I've always wanted a picture with Buddy and the Las Vegas sign. They're such opposites in pretty much every sense; Buddy being...
- Sep 8, 2021
- 1 min
One lap of the country, please!
Today, September 8th 2021, my 1969 VW bus Buddy and I cross back into California, and begin the joyous wrap-up of a four and a half month...
- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
On buying a bus…
A poor Samba poster is intent on taking out an 8% loan on a $25,000 classic car over three years. I shook my head, and enjoyed reading...
- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min
Tour Update!
As always, the most up-to-date schedule can be found on the tour page. I appreciate all of y'alls' patience the last few weeks, as I've...
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
How does one prepare…
…for a four month road trip? How do I tell a 52-year-old economy car, "Hey uhhh, let's go for a 12,000 mile drive?" I suppose Buddy is...
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
Tour is Coming
www.airschooled.com/signup ^^ Last chance to get on the early bird list!
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
Reef Blue Rides Again
For the last three years, Jeff and I have been meticulously restoring his fleet of classic German vehicles. The 1977 Volkswagen bus is...
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
A beauty only on the outside…
Oh what a beautiful, bucolic San Diego day. See, we only have two seasons here in coastal Southern California: Summer and Cold Summer....
- Feb 11, 2021
- 1 min
Window Installation
Keep your hands clean by purchasing a new piece of parachute cord from your local mountaineering outfitter. Installation gets even easier...
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Tour Announcement?
"Where can I sign up for a Tour date?" ^ That's probably the most common question I'm asked, besides what oil to use. (Check your owners...