Like so many American families, the Bacons were running the rat race, constantly going and hardly spending time together as a family. That’s when they decided to sell most of their belongings, buy a fifth-wheel, renovate it, and travel the country! To date, they’ve been to 35 different states over the past two years (see [...]
Family Tiny House Living
Family of 5’s Second Bus Conversion Home
This couple with school-aged children is living in their second bus conversion after selling the first one and building out a Thomas Saf-T-Liner to better meet their needs. In fact, they even make money on the side helping others renovate their buses! The bus features an L-shaped lounge area that doubles as the dining room, [...]
Raising Kindness Adventures: Family’s 2020-Response #BusLife
For seven years this family had a successful gymnastics business they ran out of a bus — but when 2020 hit, they went out of business almost instantaneously. Savings kept them afloat through October 2020, when they realized they needed to do something if they wanted a home. So despite the difficulties and stresses associated [...]
Family of 4 Sold It All To Live in a Bus!
Abe and Micah bought a house in California and flipped it (it was “a dump” according to them) into exactly what they wanted. But then they realized they loved traveling — not being tied to one location — so they sold the house and reinvested some of the money into their raised-roof skoolie home. They [...]
Family of Four Living Tiny in an RV
Husband Derrick has a construction job that forces him to move frequently. Wife Alexis said they used to rent homes or apartments, but never really felt like they had a “home.” But 3.5 years ago, they decided to buy an RV so they could bring their house with them no matter where they move to! [...]
Traveling Musicians Living w/ 2 Kids in Skoolie Conversion
Shane and Emily have two little kids and travel the country with their band, doing what they love, while never needing to sacrifice family time to make it happen. They lived in an RV for four years before jumping on the bus bandwagon. They chose a skoolie because it was a safer choice for their [...]
Community First! Village: Mitigating Homelessness Through Community
Homelessness is a problem in every city in the country, and many times when we see tiny homes we think, “We need more of these for the homeless!” Community First! Village in Austin, Texas took that idea and brought it to life, with 51 acres of property with more than 500 homes for the chronically [...]