When Will Hitchcock and Alyssa Pelletier
began their careers in the San Francisco Bay Area, it didn't take long
for them to realize something major was missing: living on the peninsula
was limiting their ability to participate in the outdoor activities
they loved. The couple knew that in order to feel happy with their
lives, it was time to seriously reevaluate their lifestyles.
Will
and Alyssa promptly quit their high profile, Silicon Valley startup
jobs to move to Boulder, Colorado, where they launched their own tech
consulting company with mountains and trails to explore nearby. Within a
year, they had decided to take their adventure a step further
by renovating a school bus into a home to take on the road, traveling
the country while working remotely.
Once the idea was in place, the couple found the perfect school bus on
Craigslist to use for their RV home. They chose a 2001 GMC Bluebird
(the longest model you can buy) for added space that would accommodate a
small office, as well as storage for their sporting equipment.
After securing the ideal
school bus base, Will and Alyssa spent several months thinking up a
design and paring down their belongings to just the necessities. They
didn't want to fit their whole lives into the bus; they wanted to start
over in order to live simply.
"Will
and I worked on the bus every day for almost four months, and not a day
went by that we didn't have some sort of unique challenge to overcome,"
Alyssa told CountryLiving.com. While they sketched out a design plan
before the renovation, they had little technical knowledge of the labor
they'd be doing. From installing ceiling panels to insulating the bus,
they were basically forced to learned from their mistakes, picking up
new skills as the renovation moved along.
"The
whole project was a pretty big roller coaster for us" added Will. "We
would have some really productive days where we would make big
strides, followed by days that made us feel like the project would never
get done."
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