Getting the Ball, err... Bus, Rolling...

Hey there everyone! Hope you’ve been having a good week and enjoyed watching the snow disappear! So here’s an update on how everything has been coming with the bus… It’s been a pretty productive week. We’ve been getting some booking in the office for the next few months to do educational classes and bring the ECO Bus out. It’s really exciting and I can’t wait to be going out each day to do stuff with you guys!

Also, we’ve been really starting to move forward with our renovations to the bus. Yesterday, my compatriot and Master Builder (oh yes, I DID see the Lego movie…) Neil and I went to Lowe’s to pick up some supplies. He’s going to work on some of my live animal enclosures in one area of the bus. Once these are completed I will be able to put small animals and even invertebrates into them to come out and be used for education. Probably some things like snakes, turtles…and tarantulas and Madagascan hissing cockroaches…

...You know, fun stuff! And that’s just the beginning…we have big plans for the bus and by the time it’s done, it’s going to be something to impress! Melissa and I were on it the other day pulling off some of the old fixtures and making room for the new ideas. We’re planning/hoping/wishing/endeavoring/working hard to have it done by the beginning of April so that when we start going to schools and other events it will no longer be a work in progress. It’s going to have a central theme around North Carolina, with varying aspects of the environment and science thrown in…plus a few extra goodies ;-) We’re even working on some concepts to redo the outside of the bus, like some new graphics and hopefully a paint job.  

Before... 

After...

It'll be a surprise... 

Like I was saying before, we’re already booked to be at a few public events in April for Earth Day and some others. In the next posting or two, I’ll put up a list of where the bus will be appearing in case you’d like to come out and visit us! Which you definitely should…since it would be awesome! :-)