I apologize for the lack of updates over the past few days, but my laptop is, after 6 years of trusty service, dying a painful death! So I write this post from my phone.
In spite of off-and-on torrential downpours over the last week and continuing into the foreseeable future (tomorrow, that is), we have laid down two coats of insulating primer on the outsides of the bus and 3 coats of insulating, reflective paint on the roof!
And, until it started pouring a few minutes ago, Donald started putting in the blues on the side of the bus. It is very exciting, and will look great. We are using oil paints, so the rain doesn’t seem to have much of an effect, though of course you can’t actually be painting while it is raining and you have to wait until after the bus dries off to begin again. So, if we are lucky we can get most of the rest of the color done tomorrow and Friday morning so that we can make it to Pittsburgh Friday evening and Urbana by Saturday night. Teaching begins Monday morning at Leal Elementary school in Urbana.