Tag: breakdown
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Winter Update – Writing Retreat! – Blythe, CA
We made it! To our winter retreat, that is. Edna Lu and I rolled into Blythe, CA just a couple days ago in perfect time to start our winter writing (finishing the Tea Bus Factory Service Manual – hopefully!). We’re parked at a new friend’s place, where we shouldn’t have too many distractions. Colorado was…
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Transmission Mission – Mooresville, NC (NASCAR Country)
Wow, I am stunned… About 2 weeks ago, as we were driving from Asheville to Hot Springs, NC Edna’s transmission gave out. She wouldn’t move forward nor backward… nothing. We were on the side of the road all day, at first trying to rule out external transmission issues, and once we determined that it was…
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Travels Through New Mexico
This is a place of so much beauty, good people, and amazing resources. Ally, Edna (the teabus) and I arrived via back highways to Albuquerque after accidentally running into some beautiful places like La Ventana Arch and Malpais National Monument (If you haven’t been – check them out!). It was the right time to visit…
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In the Studio with Elephant Revival – Woodinville, WA
Bear Creek Studio is a paradise for musicians. This live-in recording studio was built out of an old barn buried in the forest northeast of Seattle on a small creek. Edna and I were lucky enough to spend two weeks there. In building a relationship with Elephant Revival over the past 6 years, we…
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Bus Tow Bus
I just refound this old video of when Edna broke down shortly after I first bought her. I hope you enjoy!
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Tea Bus Breakdown – Garberville, CA
The first long distance ride I ever took without packing my bus full of ridesharers I broke down. A month earlier I had put five people, two bikes, and a bunch of gear in the bus for a trip from Berkeley to Arcata, when we broke down before even leaving town. Fortunately, I had posted…