The Crab’s Homestead blog is a collaboration of all of our family’s how-to’s that we have learned over the last few years of homesteading and the becoming minimalists. It began with our passion to live more self sufficiently, being aware of what we eat, what we feed our children, the chemicals around us everyday, and how we can teach our children to be more self reliant. We have tried Aquaponics, Raising Rabbits, Incubating and raising Chickens & Tukeys, Building Fences, Building things in general, Canning, Processing Our Own Food, Homeschooling, and much more. Through set backs and many “re-do’s” we are inventing, discovering, learning, and researching our way through websites, books, and our own personal experience in the small homesteaders way of life.
The Crab Clan Thanksgiving 2014
We finally decided to buy a 1999 Flat Nose International School Bus and convert it into a Tiny House/ Skoolie! Now, we are looking for a new homesteading location to start a new chapter in our lives by living 100% debt free. Follow us through our new journey to minimalistic living, and eventually to a new and bigger homestead where the sky is the limit!!
Chitty Bang- Day 1: Central TX: April 2015
Chitty Bang
1999 Genesis International
DT466/Allison Transmission
250,000 Miles/Great Shape
Price $4,700
Chitty Bang Completed: 19 Months Later: E. TX January 2017
1 Year 4 months Living Tiny: Arizona: March 2018
Ryon & Morgan are high school sweethearts and have been together for 15 years. They live in their self converted school bus, Chitty Bang, with their two daughters, Rion and Laila, their English Mastiff, Mila and Micio, their cat. They have been living tiny for over a year, homeschooling nearly 4, and enjoying the experiences along the way. Ryon is a Retired Sergeant of the U.S. Army, Combat Infantryman, and has a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Business. Morgan works online via their website, YouTube, and as a Young Living Distributor, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Management.
I want the caution area patrolled by crazy chicken lady how do I get it???
I found it online somewhere! Email me at thecrabshomestead@yahoo.com and I can email you the jpg I found.:)
I love what you’re doing with your bus, your family, and your children’s schooling. I live in Germany, where I’ve work with the military for 5 years. In April I flew to England, bought a double-decker bus, drove it onto a ship bound for Rotterdam, then drove it across to Germany. My wife helped me remove all the seats and now I’m fixing little things here and there getting it ready for the stricter German vehicle inspection standards. Insurance was easy here – about $280/year as a motorhome, even though it’s still a double-decker bus. As soon as it has all the basic requirments (plumbing, kitchen, etc.) we’ll move into it full time and continue the conversion. I eventually plan to take it back to Central Texas and put it on some acreage. Driving in the right seat is fun. Driving a double-decker bus is a lot more fun. Working on this huge project together is priceless!
That is amazing! I think a lot of people are moving to a more minimalistic lifestyle. I loved my big house but not the debt we had to go into to get it, and we wanted more land. Typical American, always wanting more:) but I see the benefits of skoolie living for a bit until we figure out where we want to stay and until we can build a house debt free, even if it is done step by step as we get the money. It’ll be ours! Good luck with your conversion! Skoolie Converters on Facebook has been amazingly helpful! You should check it out if you haven’t already! Cheers:)