Zach found a fantastic deal on some 2" thick insulation that was being sold privately by someone who had over-purchased for a construction job. We insulated the floor, the sides of the bus, and even the ceiling. Sadly, we are missing several essential photos of this process because Zach would not allow me to photograph this part of construction. He was not amused, at the time, by the pile of insulation that we strapped to the roof of my 99 Rav 4. The pile was easily the same height as my vehicle, and then we had to drive home along the lake. Zach drove with his hand out the window to hold down the insulation, worried that the rope alone wouldn't hold against the wind. My job was to say "it's going to be fine," every 1/2 mile. There is also no photo documentation of installing the insulation into the ceiling and then putting the metal ceiling panels back up.
We decided to reuse the original metal ceiling because the curve allows us the maximum height that we want. However, a large metal ceiling panel is heavy, and because I was not strong enough to drive a screw into the metal crossbars, I was assigned to "holding up the panel" duty. As it turns out, I have no upper body strength. But we did it. Using my arms, head, and, on occasion, a leg (the Rockettes have nothing on me), Zach and I insulated and reattached all four panels.
We were so excited about the beautiful flooring that we were able to get it all installed before our big move (Zach and I and the school bus are currently living on Cape Cod for the summer. Again, there are no photos of the amazing pile of our belongings that we loaded into to the bus because we were too tired from hauling a mattress to hold up the camera). We got a little help from some friends (Thanks Ian!) 
finishing up the trim and windowsills. And all of the noise from installing the floor attracted the attention of some very special neighbors...
My aunt Carol and uncle Richard were wonderfully kind enough to offer Zach and I some beautiful flooring for the bus. After a wonderful trip through the back hills of Connecticut, and an even better lunch, we loaded enough wide-plank pine onto my Rav 4 to completely cover the floor and walls of the bus. (Toyota should be giving me some sort of kick-back for the advertising I've done for them during this project. You would not believe the sorts of things that you can successfully strap to the roof of a 99 Rav 4). And then we installed it! It looks like a beautiful log cabin on wheels.
Zach found a fantastic deal on some 2" thick insulation that was being sold privately by someone who had over-purchased for a construction job. We insulated the floor, the sides of the bus, and even the ceiling. Sadly, we are missing several essential photos of this process because Zach would not allow me to photograph this part of construction. He was not amused, at the time, by the pile of insulation that we strapped to the roof of my 99 Rav 4. The pile was easily the same height as my vehicle, and then we had to drive home along the lake. Zach drove with his hand out the window to hold down the insulation, worried that the rope alone wouldn't hold against the wind. My job was to say "it's going to be fine," every 1/2 mile. There is also no photo documentation of installing the insulation into the ceiling and then putting the metal ceiling panels back up.
