"The Bus"

 

This is what remains of THE BUS, an important figure in the history of the Reed Gibbons family. We used this bus to move household furnishings from Logan, Utah to the farm in Pasco, Washington the summer of 1957. Quoting from Grandpa's history:“We bought an old school bus, a large four wheeled trailer, and a small two wheeled trailer. We took the seats out of the school bus and loaded as many of our belongings as we could in it. We set up two bunk beds in the bus for the kids. We borrowed Dad’s truck and loaded a Fordson Major Tractor on it and hooked the four wheel trailer loaded with farm equipment behind it. We had a 1953 Ford car and we loaded the two wheel trailer with a stove and refrigerator and hooked it behind the car. I drove the bus, Necia drove the car with the trailer, and my brother Claude drove the truck with the trailer. It was quite a procession.” Dad built a roof and floor on the side of the bus and we lived there while Mom and Dad started our home and the farm operation. The bus frame and cab later served as a truck and the body still serves as storage space. If you enlarge the picture, many people have signed the bus. Sharron and I thought it only appropriate that we also sign it since we actually traveled in the caravan and lived in the bus for the first few months beginning our Washington adventure that turned into a lifetime.