Building a ‘skoolie’ was in this couple’s wheelhouse
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“My friends said, ‘Two weeks in a car with a girl? Good luck with that,’ ” Ian recalled.
“If that doesn’t kill the relationship, nothing will,” Hannah added.
The couple, now married with a 20-month-old daughter and a baby boy due in two weeks, not only passed the road test, they doubled-down on their love of travel by buying a school bus and converting it into a tiny house. Creating what is known as a “skoolie,” the Hernandezes have joined a growing trend of bus converters, who can take their homes on the road.
But the desire to travel wasn’t their only motivator. “We wanted to own something,” said Hannah, a professional seamstress. “We were both working so hard to pay rent for a place that wasn’t ours.”
As the lease on their townhome was ending, Hannah, 25, and Ian, 27, looked for options. They attended a few tiny house shows, where they discov