Charleston, day numero duo

The bus crew woke up this morning clean, comfortable, and well fed thanks to the incredible generosity of the Kerrigans, Colleen's aunt and uncle. You know that the beds are comfortable when only two bussers - Colleen and Frances - are able to motivate themselves for a morning run (ridiculously early morning workouts seem to be somewhat begrudgingly becoming a BGB 07 tradition...). By 10:30 we were on the road to the Mt. Pleasant Whole Foods, where we were able to talk to dozens of shoppers while stealing much-appreciated AC breaks in the produce section. We also got to display our beautiful new pamphlets (yay Hayley).

At noon we were on the road again and headed for the South Carolina Aquarium, although not without a u-turn in the chase car to retrieve an accidentally abandoned Nate. Half the group manned the bus, luring unsuspecting fish-seekers into learning about alternative energy, while the rest of us got to explore the aquarium.

Our day ended at James Island County Park for a Reggae festival. At Bonnaroo our bus was parked next to a cafe that blasted reggae music 24/7, so after 5 days of waking up to "Buffalo Soldier" at 6 am, none of us ever wanted to hear another island beat again. The concert turned out to be a perfect end to an already amazing day, however. We met a guy who has been running his cars on veggie oil for thirty years, and Nate and Merritt summoned their inner glamour queens to model for our online store (to be up and running VERY soon!)
- kate

Merritt bulking up: fitness is a key component of the bus.

Fact-o-the-day: Keeping your car tires properly inflated can save you $840 dollars and keep 250 lbs of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere each year.