Hi everyone I'm David aka captain of the short bu

s , I've set out on an adventure from Mount hood oregon in my converted short school bus with my two dogs django and willow, to quite hone

stly try and find my place in the world. And my people Also I'm a wildland firefighter and an artist, so I saved my fire earnings t

his last year for my adventure and stocked up on artwork to possibly sell along the way (I've sold nothing nobody wants to buy art from a dude in a short bus bo matter how good it is) I went from Mount hood to John day in eastern oregon had all my cash in my wallet as there aren't any of my bank out of state and guess what happened I lost it my entire fire earnings gone wallet gone and at the point I discovered it gone I was already 300 miles away so I decided I could let it make or break me so I continued on now completely broke in a diesel short bus that gets about 10 miles to the gallon also my phone broke when I left eastern oregon in February so I continued on holding up a sign begging for change, now when I left oregon I didn't know diesel was going to be almost 8 dollars a gallon in california making traveling slow I eventually got to reno. Also the original goal was Florida but in reno I ended up becoming fortunate enough to get a new phone at which point my best friend who lives in astoria got ahold of me, him and his wife and their sone also live on wheels he pleased with me (more like ordered me) to turn my bus around go to astoria and make enough to try again now at this point I'm almost a month into this slow moving adventure so I decided he's right but being in Reno I still wanted to see some stuff mainly lake Tahoe so I slowly made my way to Tahoe then Sacramento which brings me to my current location of Redding where I'm stranded, holding up a sign has done no good here, I'm assuming due to all the homeless people, also I don't really use cards mainly cash or my credit union back home my id is gone my EBT card was good until it broke and I get get a replacement in a different state so a lot of the little I've been getting has been going to put something in my stomach along with hydrate me and make sure my pups are taken care of but I'm at a loss I've tried doing good things for people and places everywhere I go such as help out homeless with what I can share clean up parking lots it's been a lot of parking lot to parking lot having security kick me out running out of fuel which makes my batteries die but I guess I'm asking for some help from some decent people Im trying to make it to Astoria from Redding by my best friends birthday the 12th but almost 8 dollars a gallon and ten miles to the gallon I don't see that happening without your help I haven't had a hot shower since February 4rh haven't been able to do laundry just as long, when your literally living off a couple bucks (maybe) a day those things become a luxury I've been bathing and doing small amounts of laundry either in bathrooms or rivers rivers are colder but I actually prefer them to the public restroom sink shower I'm hungry Im just trying to make it home and I still have over 500 miles left to go which is about 50 to 55 gallons of diesel I need to get food for myself, my dogs are always taken care of first and they are fine on food I have two bags still which should get us home anywho thanks for all your help or not help even if you just read this and moved on I appreciate you taking the time to read this I am desperate to get back home safe to save and try again but next time not alone but with others, the road is a dangerous place to go alone especially when your going from parking lot to parking lot please help me and my pups and home make it home it has been hard doing it with the sign not only are you not guaranteed any money is made but having to stand there with a sign not only makes one feel disgusted with oneself but also ashamed foe having to do it and a lot more people give you scowls and looks of disgust over actually helping you out (Tesla drivers are the absolute worst) I've been told I should end my own life that I'm scum and this is coming from people I have literally risked my life year after year to try and protect everything they own idk though I try to not let them get me down the world is beautiful and there are wonderful people in it thanks for your help God bless and have a wonderful rest of your day also anyone who helps me move along gets to have either their names or really whatever they want drawn on the bus almost all the dad jokes signatures doodles and pieces of wise words of advice are all from people I've met along this adventure and I'll keep to it on here too everyone who donates will have their spot on the bus to either have their name or saying or joke written down on it in paint pen okay thanks guys also I do have lots of artwork for sale but that's not for here thank you again pece and love people also I need fluids not just fuel I need brake fluid transmission fluid power steering fluid it about needs an oil change but I'll try and make it home before for the oil change thanks again! Oh yeah and the elephant head in the pictures, that's a pine cone... I told you my work isn't terrible lol