HOME ROAD

摘要

FOR SOME MODERN VAGABONDS, THE BEST RVISN'T THE ONE YOU BUY FROM THE FACTORY - IT'S THE ONE YOU BUILD FROM A SECONDHAND BUS. There is something about a bus that is tied intrinsically to the romance of the American road - the sleek Greyhound humming through the night, the yellow school bus rattling with lunchboxes and children. But it takes a certain eccentric, self-reliant type to look at one and think: With an are welder, some plumbing and a propane stove, I can turn this pre-owned tube of steel into the ultimate traveling home. When I was a river guide living out of a station wagon on loosely regulated public land, I envied friends who dwelled in buses, the heirs not just of Ken Kesey but of Daniel Boone. For my money, no other vehicle more loudly and clearly announces, " I'm sticking it to the man."