Share this on:
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Tumblr
 E-mail
84
VIEWS
 
RECOMMENDS
0
SHARES
About this iReport
  • Not vetted for CNN

    • Click to view easywind52's profile
    Posted January 7, 2013 by
    easywind52
    Location
    Birmingham, Alabama
    Assignment
    Assignment
    This iReport is part of an assignment:
    VW camper van memories

    More iReports you should see

    The Bus came By and I Got On

    By easywind52  |  Posted January 7, 2013  |  Birmingham, Alabama
     
    I have been driving VW buses (2) as my primary mode of transportation for the last 36 years. My current '78 is well known throughout the southeast US as the calling card for my business as a photographic artist, where I attend musical festivals, photographing musicians and exhibiting/selling my hand crafted, custom printed, archival analog prints. My business, Further Images, pays homage to the great Ken Kesey and his famous International Harvester bus "Furthur". This bus has carried myself and my wife Lisa to approximately 170 Grateful Dead shows in addition to the hundreds of other shows of musicians I have photographed. I will never sell this bus, and people closest to me believe I will be buried in it. I have owned this model for about 28 years and was amazed that with everyday driving, the original transmission lasted for 27 years! I have gone through four engines however through my travels and have turned over the odometer twice. The bus seems to have the magical quality of bringing smiles to faces of people of all origin, age, gender and ethnicity, both knowing and unknowing. My wife and I have finally replaced the bus as everyday transportation as it is not as reliable, comfortable or as swift as we need for everyday driving. "Zero to sixty in five minutes" is a bumper sticker I saw once on a bus that I would love to have.
    My travels in the busses have taken me from Colorado to Alabama to Florida, to Kentucky, to California, to Utah to Pennsylvania and all points in between. Lisa and I now call Alabama our home where I am currently "Artist In Residence" at the prestigious Indian Springs School, where I teach Photographic Art.
    • TAGS:

    • GROUPS:

    What do you think of this story?

    Select one of the options below. Your feedback will help tell CNN producers what to do with this iReport. If you'd like, you can explain your choice in the comments below.
    Be and editor! Choose an option below:
      Awesome! Put this on TV! Almost! Needs work. This submission violates iReport's community guidelines.
    More from this assignment - VW camper van memories
    On CNN
    How our bus changed (is changing) our lives
    On CNN
    Volkswagen Van Life.
    On CNN
    Cross Country VW Odyssey!
    See all 45 iReports
    Add your Story

    Comments

    Log in to comment

    iReport welcomes a lively discussion, so comments on iReports are not pre-screened before they post. See the iReport community guidelines for details about content that is not welcome on iReport.

    Add your Story Add your Story