the cool bus

i guess thats the way the whole darned human comedy keeps perpetuatin’ itself down through the generations, westward the wagons, across the sands a time until - - -aw, look at me, i’m a ramblin’ again. (the stranger)

the making of dude's golden summer and the (s)cool bus

joel 'dude' richards purchased the 1984 gmc vandura 3500 short bus from dave 'tuna' tunnison, late in the summer of 08.  prior to the purchase, the cool bus was used to shuttle patrons interested in white water rafting to an fro during summer seasons in colorado, and sat idle in the winter dreaming of warmer weather. . .

it was also late in that great summer of 08 dude began dreaming up the ultimate road trip. a trip that anyone in their right mind would want to be a part of. a voyage beginning in summit county, co and heading west exploring many of america's great western wonders such as; arches national park, the grand canyon, zion national park, yosemite, crater lake, the pacific ocean, mt hood, sequoia national park, yellowstone and the list goes on.  

after all of the preplanning, phone conversations, emails, invites, commitments, cancellations, and changes in itinerary; dude assembled his posse, (all who would be able to citizen cope with life on the road), and agreed that late in july of 09 they would begin the point in their life that you could call, their lives 'on the road' (jk).