Perspective Through a Telescope

After filling Veggie with new oil he began to run better, but it was getting late and we decided to play it safe and bunker down for the night in Ft. Wright, Kentucky.

The next morning we drove Veggie over to a local diesel mechanic who was going to check out his nuts and bolts and [...]

It’s All About The Bacon

Friday afternoon started brilliantly. We had left Cincinnati and we were cruising down interstate 71/75 towards into Kentucky, when Veggie began to get a little sluggish. As mentioned before, Nick and I are far from being mechanics, but that doesn’t mean we are short on ideas. We figured Veggie needed oil. Why? I’m not sure. [...]

The Pick Two Menu

There are many things I enjoy in life. Frozen Ice Pops. The Gravitron at carnivals. Harrison Ford in a Fedora. But there are few things I enjoy more than the Pick Two Menu from Panera Bread. It is a simply brilliant concept. Instead of simply getting a sandwich, a bowl of soup or a salad, [...]

The American Dream

Tip of the day for all you waste oil users: veggie engines do not like cold grease. When waste oil is cooled, it becomes thicker. Filters don’t like thick waste oil. Engines like filtered oil. Therefore, engines don’t like cold waste oil. Solution – head south. And that is exactly what we are doing. Currently [...]

OHIO, OHio, ohio…

Today we ventured into the state of Ohio. This previously lesser-known state was put on the map after being featured in the opening credits of the Drew Carey Show. Just kidding. Next Step Ministries loves Ohio, and apparently, so does Veggie. It was smooth sailing all the way into Toledo where we met with some [...]

A Little Hick-Up

An adventure wouldn’t be an adventure without a little hick-up from time to time. Our hick-up just happened to occur a little earlier than anticipated.
We were planning for a quick six-hour drive from Milwaukee to Ann Arbor, but what we got was a tiring twelve-hour journey. For some reason Veggie was not shifting into 4th [...]

The Adventure Begins

It’s official – we are on the road! It’s taken a lot of sleepless, greasy nights to get to this point, but it was worth it. Our tour bus (Veggie) is currently going 60 down I-94 just outside of Chicago, hitting every pothole the highway can throw at us. So you might be asking yourself, [...]