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Winter Update – Writing Retreat! – Blythe, CA

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Guisepi

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 … Continue reading →

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Mother Earth News Fair and More! – Asheville, NC

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Guisepi

About 5 years ago Mother Earth News wrote an online article about the Free Tea Bus entitled “Free Tea Parties Build Strong Communities.” It was well received and I was happy to have caught the eyes of such a publication. … Continue reading →

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Spring Update 2016 – Efland, NC

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Guisepi

Ah, with the new growth of spring comes another year of Edna and my 2+ Year North American Tour. Eight years ago today, I purchased Edna, knowing she would be built out into a mobile free teahouse, and eventually travel … Continue reading →

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Travels Through New Mexico

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Guisepi

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Journeys, On the Street | Tagged Albuquerque, Balloon Fiesta, biodiesel, breakdown, Carlsbad, Cedar Crest, Earthships, Fall Upcycle Fair, Farmers' Market, hot springs, La Ventana, Las Vegas, Los Cerillos, Madrid, Malpais National Monument, Montezuma Hot Springs, New Mexico, NM, Poetry in Motion, Rio Grande Gorge, Roswell, salvaged, Santa Fe, Taos, Taos Herb Company, The Commons, The ReStore, The Singing Road, Tijeras, Tim's Place, UFO Museum, WVO | 1 Comment

Autumn Update – Arcata, CA

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Guisepi

When you have no strict itinerary, there’s a lot of wiggle room. And I like it! I left Portland and headed straight to my Wilderness First Responder course (see blog entry here) knowing only that I was going to see my … Continue reading →

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Colorado – First Trip off the West Coast

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Guisepi

I think it’s safe to say the Edna’s first voyage off of the west coast was due to love. I fell in love with a woman 6 years ago, and re-fell in love with her over a year ago. She … Continue reading →

Posted in Bus Building, Journeys, Mechanical, News, On the Street | Tagged biodiesel, Bishops Castle, Boulder, bus building, CA, Chadwick Stokes, CO, Denver, Elephant Revival, junkyard, KS, Lyons, mechanical, My-Tea Kind, Nevada City, North American Tea Tour, OK, OR, Pearl St., Salt Lake City, serving tea, Sub Terra, tea party, UT, WA, Wagon Circle, WVO | 2 Comments

Working on Edna – Healdburg, CA

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Guisepi

Throughout the Spring and Summer, I have been taking time amongst all the travel and tea serving to make some major improvements to Edna. One of the major things was taking out all of the interior sheet metal panels, tearing … Continue reading →

Posted in Bus Building, News | Tagged biodiesel, CA, ceiling, cotton insulation, Edna, Healdsburg, LEDs, Organic Grace, paint, shop, skylight | 2 Comments

Tea Bus Breakdown – Garberville, CA

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Guisepi

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 … Continue reading →

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