good morning everyone merry christmas are you guys as chilly as i am yeah well
bundled up out here hope you guys are staying warm having a nice cup of coffee
you wouldn't want to be here with me you wouldn't want to be here with me except
i'm actually out here in the desert where
it's sunny and beautiful 70 degrees for christmas merry christmas guys
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you know santa paws is watching tara
santa paws he sees you when you're sleeping he sees you when you're biting
go go get her go get her opie i'll tell santa not to look oh okay good afternoon everyone i hope
you're all getting settled for a nice christmas you're gonna see this on christmas eve and
i am very much looking forward to christmas out here in the desert i'm gonna i'm gonna
spoil those kitties uh we got some friends here over in camp that are gonna be preparing homemade
christmas dinner that uh we're all pretty excited about i'm actually out scoping out what i'm gonna
possibly do after christmas which i don't know yet but i'm gonna be leaving the campground and
i'm actually here in california right now looking at the possible places to camp
after christmas just a different uh type of scenery over here on the other side of the
colorado river yeah kind of got to watch out around here for something specific these guys
right here you know what that is that is a donkey turd a donkey turd they got wild burrows out here
and apparently from my campsite this little it looks like they use this one quite often to um
relieve themselves man tater tot yeah i feel so bad because out here in the desert look at this
i just i feel bad there's no way to keep the car clean though we're just driving in the
desert non-stop no paved roads what if i'd brought a black betty i'd i really felt bad
because my motorcycle would just be caked in dirt however i do want to point out i actually do miss
my harley a little bit out here there are a lot of people who brought their motorcycles
and stuff and i mean i'm thankful for the car at least i have something but man later on in life
i really want to have them both with me in like a dual trailer with a little access door for the
motorcycle later but anyway this is a good spot i checked cell phone service this spot could work
after christmas i'm just uh driving around a little bit actually i had to show you something
when i when i first came in here there's something strange up here guys all right so uh wes back at
camp was actually pointing this out the other day that how you can look in the rock formations and
see things i don't necessarily always see these creatures and things that they're pointing out
you have to use your imagination a little bit but this one here somebody has actually used paint to
make sure that you see the scary skull there's a scary skull painted green that's a rock guys
it's a rock that kind of fell down the hill a little bit and then rested right here
but you could perfectly see the eyes the nose and kind of a smirk a little smile on him and it
it's a little creepy to be honest with you do you think it also looks like somebody may have put a
solar light in his eye see that can i get any closer into that eye i see something in there
or may just be a bottle or something but that is definitely strange a strange sight in the desert
almost looks like groot i am groot like a groot head anyways before i head back to camp i'm here
in parker and there's a there's a walmart here so i'm going to stock up on a few essentials
that are cheaper here than down in quartzsite and then then we'll head back to camp and check in on
those kitties yeah doing my best out here to make it feel like somewhat like christmas even
though it's not clearly cold or snowing out here in the desert but uh still feels like
christmas with this cool little group of people we have you know friends on christmas is always
a good thing uh felix and kevin and i went in on some some horseshoes so we got horseshoes and
i don't know who did this technically it's probably not allowed but somebody a long time ago
built horseshoe pits and it's got the steel thing it's got the borders it's it's regulation length
and it is just sat here and um we're going to use it since it's already here but we didn't build it
that's pretty cool there's tucker one of camper van kevin's three yorkies meeting opie there
and we had some jam sessions with uh wes and steve playing guitar and some of us singing right along
uh oh that's right i forgot to mention we also watched some movies on my outdoor projector we
did the old drive-in preview thing here to kind of get people to come up a little
countdown had some people watching some funny movies we watched uh uh james bond the first
night and uh we watched something else the second night i can't remember but good times outside
oh nobody was the other movie that we watched this is uh nobody which is the character from
better call saul and breaking bad he has a really good revenge movie that's available now came out
this year i saw it in theaters we watched that outside on night two also really fun and of course
campfires well we'd use our fake fires our propane fires and there's banjo from full tiny house he
loves opie they get along so well already it's great but yeah here's some other nighttime shots
of all our christmas lights on the rv outside and of course our campfires and campfire chats
and here's my rv at sunset with all of my lights on and tater tots lights
uh kind of kind of bright out in the desert i love it
forgive me because i'm terrible with names but uh this is our groove there's homer over there
there's full tiny house dana steve and the kids and then there's wes in the sun seeker got
david from gone boondocking got john over there in his camper felix over here felix over there
and kevin over there and then i'm parked behind felix there so right now our christmas dinner has
grown to like 17 or 19 people so it's uh you know we're just going to sit outside and enjoy each
other's company out here it's just been really really fun and i'm really glad i came out here
to spend christmas with friends yeah yeah i just got another text message uh back to this thomas
diesel pusher bus uh we're gonna go test drive it so well we're going to at least listen to it
and make sure that the air brakes work and hold air and check a few things out i want to see the
inside i want to see the engine compartment so i'll take my cell phone let's go take another
peek at this possible school bus that i may one day convert into an rv all right well
the owner just uh fired it up and we got to hear this bad boy run she purrs like a kitten
170 000 miles on a cat c7 motor it's not a cummins but yeah you gotta check this out
this is a clean rear engine caterpillar diesel bus very well maintained very clean
uh the belts look okay look how easy that is change out of belt right in front
yep fluids all look okay she got this oil filter that monster
uh air cleaner and fans on the side so hopefully get some good
air flow through there but it's also got there's not a vent on that side the vent
is right there for intake and you're going to suck some air this way to keep it cool
so yeah sounds good really good for just 170 000 miles on a diesel engine rear pusher
and tires excellent condition no rust no rust this is an arizona school district bus
uh air door air seat air ride suspension on this sucker front and rear air chambers for the bus
uh the only bummer part about this bus is this awesome air conditioning down in the roof vent
that you saw down there doesn't work they don't know why that's probably going to be taken off
a lot of room in here this is where the engine sits where most people build their bed in the back
this is a a standard size school bus though just think of what i could do with this guys
i'm really really liking this bus a lot more than i thought i was going to i know a lot
of my viewers that watch my channel still don't quite understand my fascination with a school bus
these last couple years it's a long story and one we will get into in greater detail if and when i
ever do pull the trigger but you know full timing for 11 years now in factory-made rvs has taught me
a valuable lesson and that is rvs are not meant to be lived in full-time
period okay there just cannot withstand day-to-day use for 11 years non-stop
and buses are built solid they're built to transport and protect your children so they've got
diesel engines uh school districts take care of these buses and then when they get to a time when
they can upgrade they auction them off and they sell them and that's how we can come into them
as someone from the public and buy them convert them change the title over from a commercial
vehicle to an rv or a private bus you know but it but insure them and and do whatever we want
build from a blank slate do whatever you want once you get those seats out and for reference here's
here's one example okay this isn't a thomas it's a blue bird but it's it's very similar this is
uh not a youtube channel but someone did a little blog here as they built a very similar bus out of
that same exact body with the rear engine putting the bed back there and hiding a water tank under
that area and building it exactly how he wanted to build it i think there's something around 34
35 feet of actual usable space behind the driver's seat of this and it's just it's unlimited what you
can do you don't have to copy what anybody else did you're not stuck with the way the manufacturer
built slides and hid other things that you can't replace later like my water pump on on my main rv
it you can just you can do it your way the only problem with that is you know things don't work
it's it's my own darn fault but this is where i'm getting some of my inspiration for my future
schooly build that's what i'm looking forward to in the future although how far into the future
i i don't know yet guys don't worry i like my setup for now i'm gonna keep fixing things when
they break uh randy just messaged me and uh i guess we're gonna go back and do karaoke tonight
tonight not being christmas eve because this is a delayed a little bit so i won't be there don't
don't don't go to the yacht club tonight because i won't well i don't know i might be there christmas
eve i don't know i don't know we're gonna go have some more fun tonight so and then i also gotta
wrap up the rest of the kitty's presents finish packing up their stocking stuffers and then we're
gonna see the day after christmas after our meal and opening up presents and and uh doing our own
little christmas thing so you guys be well hug your loved ones if you're with them if you're
not with them send them a message send them a voicemail give them a call and tell them how much
you appreciate them and miss them uh tara opie and i will see you the day after christmas bye guys
you