SAY HELLO TO THE LILLS!
We’re Alex and Lara Lill, a 24-7/365 couple, focused on learning, building and teaching A Simple Life With Big Adventures!
After traveling in our 1978 VW Bus for over 2+ years, life led us to a 1961 GM Bus in the New Mexico desert. We’re now converting it into a home on wheels!
Come along with us, as we educate ourselves and share alternative views on life, love, energy, food and travel.
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LATEST POSTS FROM BUS LIFE
Follow along as we convert our vintage 1961 GM Fishbowl bus into a home & design studio on wheels!
WHAT KIND OF BUS SHOULD I BUY? – BUYING A SCHOOL BUS OR COACH BUS
WHAT KIND OF BUS SHOULD I BUY? Congratulations!!! Bus Life is so close, you can taste it and we are so excited to cheer you on! Below, we share things to consider when buying a school bus or coach bus. When considering buying a bus to become your new home on wheels,...
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RESCUING A 1961 GM NEW LOOK BUS – PART 1
While traveling for 2 years in our VW bus, we learned to live on very little. Our needs became basic: food, water, shelter, a place to park, a place to shower/use the bathroom and a place to do our design work. Not having a toilet or shower in our bus proved to be...
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1 YEAR TRAVELING IN A VW BUS
On June 5th, 2017 the two of us and our dog said goodbye to living in South Carolina, paying rent and working statically. We took our design business on the road and it all of a sudden sunk in that we were taking a leap of faith. We made it to Alabama, spent two weeks...
read moreLATEST POSTS FROM INSPIRATION
Enjoy personal stories & topics that wake us up to entirely new ways of thinking, living & dreaming!
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Pippi Longstocking (also known as Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim’s Daughter Longstocking) is a fictional character, who was dreamed up in the 1940’s by Swedish author, Astrid Lindgren. Her stories of Pippi have been loved by...
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LET US ALL UNITE | CHARLIE CHAPLIN SPEECH | A MESSAGE TO HUMANITY
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) was an English actor and director, who became famous for his silent films in the early days of motion picture. Without words, he used body language, wardrobe, props, animals, other actors and a variety of locations to send messages to the...
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FLOATING ISLANDS WALL MURAL TIME-LAPSE VIDEO
While we were in Colorado, we worked with a 420-friendly inn. We helped them revamp their website, helped man the front-desk and we learned a lot in the process. Out of everything we did, our favorite project that we worked on, was painting a huge mural on a bare wall...
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See photos from all of our adventures!
LATEST POSTS FROM FOOD
Check out our food recipes and information on transitioning to a plant-based, whole food lifestyle!
ALOE VERA COCONUT FACE + BODY GEL RECIPE
The two of us do our best to stay away from store bought lotions, creams and gels. They are usually full of unhealthy chemicals and they usually cost a pretty penny. We have instead begun playing around with making our very own concoctions, starting with a homemade...
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ORZO PASTA SALAD RECIPE
While on our travels, we came across an amazing treat: Orzo. Orzo is a short-cut pasta, which looks like big rice grains. We were unfamiliar with this type of pasta and when we tried it at a little deli, we were blown away. The delicious salad-like mixture contained...
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WHAT ARE ARTIFICIAL COLORS?
More and more food packages in the U.S. are carrying a label stating “No Artificial Colors” and there’s a good reason why. Artificial colors have been widely used as a marketing tool to sell brightly colored junk food, candy, medicine and cosmetics,...
read moreLATEST POSTS FROM TRAVEL
Travel across the country with us and learn about how we managed life & work on the road!
SNOWBOARDING AT WOLF CREEK SKI AREA | COLORADO WINTER VIDEO
Wolf Creek Ski Area is renowned for getting the most snow each year in Colorado. Wolf Creek Pass, which gets people to and from the ski area, is a high mountain pass that carves through the Continental Divide in the San Juan mountains, at an elevation of 10,856 feet...
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ANTELOPE CANYON SANDSTONES + HORSESHOE BEND TRAVEL VIDEO
Visiting the Grand Canyon was a wonderful dream of ours that we saw come to fruition on our cross-country adventure. The energy was overwhelming, the views were mind-blowing and it completely exceeded our expectations. If it wasn’t going to be 30 degrees...
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GRAND CANYON TRAVEL VIDEO
After a magical time in Sedona, Arizona, we headed North in our VW Bus to our next destination. It was a dream of ours to visit the Grand Canyon and when we finally arrived, we were impressed far beyond our expectations. Something inside of us turned on just by being...
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