….Arrives in the UK!!! ….and quickly has a pint (or …um…4???) Hmmm…

I think we are all a bit jealous that the bus got to start the grand adventure ahead of the rest of us.

Don and Sarah bought this fabulous bus back in November from a camp in North Carolina and took it home to Charleston, SC where they, and an awesome team of friends and mechanics, spent MONTHS transforming the once “Hogwaller Express” into the Rally Ready “Team Dixie Chickens”! 

Not only did the bus receive new tires, shocks, brakes, roof rack, wheelchair lift, bucket seat, storage box, painting, stickers, handprints, and likely a million other things i’m not aware of, (but will likely be appreciative of) …

 

it also received a blessing by Geshe Topgyal – a buddhist monk!

 

Sarah delivered the bus to the Port of Charleston at the end of May.  It shipped out June 7 on the Georgia Highway…

and arrived in Southampton, UK on June 21. 

Gun Boat Don, our fearless captain (driver) and chief mechanic, along with Will and Tommy, wrestled the bus from customs on Independence Day (seems fitting).  Only casualty of its’ ocean crossing seems to have been the pilfering of its’ rockin hot stereo – (!!!)  

The only other hiccup so far, besides the stolen stereo, is the awesome package of school/dental/1st aid supplies that Dale shipped to the campground in the UK, (so I wouldn’t have to  haul it overseas with a broken hand) was *refused* by the desk clerk upon delivery!!!  Here’s hoping Dale can work his amazing magic to locate and re-unite us with our box of goodies for the kids!