withoutmelissa:

Brent and I are in the process of purchasing a car for our return to North Carolina. Along with whatever family car we purchase, we will be enjoying a funky little 1986 VW Vanagon. A family hand-me-down that’s been parked too long and needs to be driven regularly.
In comes Brent, Everly, and I waving our hands furiously and saying “Oh! We’ll take it !” We’re picturing weekend camping trips, out of town music festivals and anywhere else our hearts feel called to go.
It has the pop up camper on top and a little sink and stove. It’s so ugly it’s cute! Stay tuned for our Vanagon adventures - we’ve got to give this bad boy an appropriate name.
Love,
M

we had this exact bus (in white) for 10 years and LOVED it.  shyla spent her first year in this bus (who we named “Bussie”).  she went from coast to coast twice and we put over 200,000 miles on her ourselves.  when it was time to say goodbye, we sold her to a sweet man named Juan for a song.  may you have beautiful memories in this van! xxoo 

withoutmelissa:

Brent and I are in the process of purchasing a car for our return to North Carolina. Along with whatever family car we purchase, we will be enjoying a funky little 1986 VW Vanagon. A family hand-me-down that’s been parked too long and needs to be driven regularly.

In comes Brent, Everly, and I waving our hands furiously and saying “Oh! We’ll take it !” We’re picturing weekend camping trips, out of town music festivals and anywhere else our hearts feel called to go.

It has the pop up camper on top and a little sink and stove. It’s so ugly it’s cute! Stay tuned for our Vanagon adventures - we’ve got to give this bad boy an appropriate name.

Love,

M

we had this exact bus (in white) for 10 years and LOVED it.  shyla spent her first year in this bus (who we named “Bussie”).  she went from coast to coast twice and we put over 200,000 miles on her ourselves.  when it was time to say goodbye, we sold her to a sweet man named Juan for a song.  may you have beautiful memories in this van! xxoo 

withoutmelissa:

Brent and I are in the process of purchasing a car for our return to North Carolina. Along with whatever family car we purchase, we will be enjoying a funky little 1986 VW Vanagon. A family hand-me-down that’s been parked too long and needs to be driven regularly.
In comes Brent, Everly, and I waving our hands furiously and saying “Oh! We’ll take it !” We’re picturing weekend camping trips, out of town music festivals and anywhere else our hearts feel called to go.
It has the pop up camper on top and a little sink and stove. It’s so ugly it’s cute! Stay tuned for our Vanagon adventures - we’ve got to give this bad boy an appropriate name.
Love,
M

we had this exact bus (in white) for 10 years and LOVED it.  shyla spent her first year in this bus (who we named “Bussie”).  she went from coast to coast twice and we put over 200,000 miles on her ourselves.  when it was time to say goodbye, we sold her to a sweet man named Juan for a song.  may you have beautiful memories in this van! xxoo 

withoutmelissa:

Brent and I are in the process of purchasing a car for our return to North Carolina. Along with whatever family car we purchase, we will be enjoying a funky little 1986 VW Vanagon. A family hand-me-down that’s been parked too long and needs to be driven regularly.

In comes Brent, Everly, and I waving our hands furiously and saying “Oh! We’ll take it !” We’re picturing weekend camping trips, out of town music festivals and anywhere else our hearts feel called to go.

It has the pop up camper on top and a little sink and stove. It’s so ugly it’s cute! Stay tuned for our Vanagon adventures - we’ve got to give this bad boy an appropriate name.

Love,

M

we had this exact bus (in white) for 10 years and LOVED it.  shyla spent her first year in this bus (who we named “Bussie”).  she went from coast to coast twice and we put over 200,000 miles on her ourselves.  when it was time to say goodbye, we sold her to a sweet man named Juan for a song.  may you have beautiful memories in this van! xxoo 

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  1. twirlincircles reblogged this from withoutmelissa and added:
    My boss has one of these...wouldn’t trade it for...world....
  2. thewivesbook reblogged this from withoutmelissa and added:
    Oh my goodness, we had one of these growning up. This post brought back so many memories of road trips, vacations
  3. alicenoyes reblogged this from withoutmelissa
  4. maggie-explains-it-all reblogged this from withoutmelissa and added:
    I LOVE that Melissa just blogged this! A few weeks ago when RP...were at Wanee we were...
  5. alybooboo reblogged this from withoutmelissa and added:
    YES. My friends brought theirs camping...love them. How about G.G. (sounds like Gigi)
  6. yoginiinthehood reblogged this from withoutmelissa and added:
    we had this exact bus (in white) for 10 years...LOVED it. shyla spent her first year
  7. pasajera reblogged this from withoutmelissa and added:
    My parents used to have a similar car, a Westfalia, when...was small. We went on tons

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