What happened at the Swarm? | A week of Skoolie travel and Bus Life adventures

We spend the week at Skoolie Swarm (2021), a tiny house community festival and join the skoolie nation! Join us as we spend our first week living full time in our bus, Magnolia.
New to the bus life, this was our maiden voyage into full-time skoolie living! This skoolie community was absolutely amazing. We are so happy to have found our tribe.
Thank you so much for your patience with our video scheduling. We have finally gotten our data back and we are so excited to share it with you. Plenty of more videos to come!
Thanks for joining us this week and we will see you next week on, Sunday.
Chapters:
00:00 we made it to the swarm
02:27 we ran into trouble, again
03:50 a lil bike ride into town
04:36 what's going on with our genny
08:19 meet Daniel
09:33 we install solar!
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[@smile3107]

There are a lot of good people out there. I'm glad you were at the right place at the right time. Enjoyed your video.😎👍🇺🇸

[@parishskoolie]

We agree! We are very grateful, thanks for your support!

[@exitsuburbia4867]

That's us at 12:23. Bus wasn't finished so we took the Honda and decided to tent it for the weekend. I met Dan as well, such a nice dude. Already looking forward to next hear. 🤙

[@parishskoolie]

So cool! We are certainly looking forward to doing more. We were sad we couldn’t do the one in the UP

[@netteleverett4871]

This was so awesome! To see the kindness and selflessness that REALLY exists today is soul fulfilling!!! 💝

[@parishskoolie]

That is so nice to hear! This community truly has been a blessing to us 🥰

[@georgiavanhouten9360]

I pray GODs Favor to let me be a part of this wonderful community,Wow,So cool,And Yes the recipe looked amazing too !

[@parishskoolie]

Wow, thanks for the support Georgia! We love this community so much and they are very welcoming to all. I hope to see you when we put out the recipe video 😉

[@mickeytollison]

Wow...that is unbelievable. Those guys are amazing!

[@parishskoolie]

Yes, the skoolie community is awesome 😎

[@rollinabode5222]

Wow Johnathan is awesome!.. such a blessing.. the compassion that's out in the world is a beautiful thing..

[@parishskoolie]

I agree! We love this community and are ever grateful for their generosity 🥰

[@rollinabode5222]

@@parishskoolie well that's what community means like family.. it's sad you won't find that kind of help living crammed in most neighborhoods.

[@paige6028]

Just discovered your channel & this video was the 1st one I watched. Yes I cried! HOW AMAZING is the skoolie community! Too bad the skoolie community doesn't run the world...what a MUCH BETTER PLACE IT WOULD BE! I mean what they did I don't know of any other group/community that would do that. I've seen church groups that would snub someone in a similar situation before helping them. Just saying. Often times the skoolie community is judged by people that don't live, know, associate with this lifestyle & all I can say is THEY are the one's missing out on THE GREATEST BUNCH OF PEOPLE! IDC what walk of life you're from, whether you have a six hundred dollar build or a sixty thousand dollar build people of this community all have the same dream & aspirations & THE BIGGEST hearts of any others I've ever seen! Best wishes on your endeavors & safe travels....& everytime you get the chance pay it forward! 🥰

[@parishskoolie]

Hey Melissa! Thanks for watching, I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! 🥰 yes I agree the world would be an amazing place if it was run by the skoolie nation 😉 we were absolutely STUNNED by the generosity of these people. You are so right when you say it doesn’t matter how much you spend on your build, you will be accepted and loved. Thank you for such a kind and thoughtful comment 💞 we hope to see more of you in the comments in the future!

[@CrazyGpaw]

Awesome video. Community is great but as yet to come out and join in. Broken down in Alabama. Uggg. Transmission died. Looking forward to meeting everyone at an event soon. If there is one. Full time schoolie living with my disabled son. Stay cool y’all

[@parishskoolie]

Hey thanks for watching Micheal! We love the support! That is so cool that you are doing the nomad life with your son; I hope he gets to see some amazing things. There are Skoolie meet ups all the time! Join some facebook groups 😉

[@SixtiesandBeyond]

How inspiring Im still building my bus, I can hardly wait to meet all of the amazing Skoolies thanks for sharing

[@parishskoolie]

You and me both!

[@timothynaquin8899]

I'm in New Iberia... I plan on getting a skoolie to convert...So watching y'all has helped out a lot when it comes to some of the questions I have about the process

[@parishskoolie]

that's awesome! welcome the community! feel free to ask us anything, we love to try and give back

[@jaimealvarez9242]

Grate community no dough about it. Thank you,for shearing the video, you all have a great day .😀

[@parishskoolie]

So happy you enjoyed the video! And yes, this community is ah-MAZING

[@hrhplease9119]

Bad Ass is all I can say! New sub, this is my first episode. You guys rock & Wow the community unbelievable❣️

[@parishskoolie]

Hey there! Welcome to the krewe 🙂 thank you so much for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it. And yes, this community is AWESOME!!

[@vaughn6371]

Facebook marketplace has pre made window deletes for those of you who may be working on your own bus. Just be sure to check measurements eh. 👍

[@parishskoolie]

Thanks for the tip! We used the old skin of the bus ceiling to close in our windows.

[@parishskoolie]

Good morning krewe! We hope you enjoy this week's video: what happened at the swarm

[@watahyahknow]

gotten to do work on the bus after all , at meets like these people usually take the opertunity to work on their projects and borrow knowlege from others hope you get that generator going again

[@parishskoolie]

Thank you man. 💙 It’s running again but we don’t know what’s causing it to not be able to keep up with our inverter

[@sjporr]

Wow, what a great video

[@parishskoolie]

Thank you very much! 🥰 glad you enjoyed it

[@orlandomarcano9822]

Install a battery isolator it will charge your batteries while your driving of when engine is running.

[@parishskoolie]

We didn’t want to put that kind of strain on our alternator, but now that we have a back up, it might be something we will do

[@orlandomarcano9822]

@@parishskoolie Shouldn't be a strain on alternator unless batteries are drained down. Works on my agm batteries not sure about using with lithium, have no experience with lithium. Wife and I have a 9 window Thomas as an rv right now. Using 400watts solar to charge batteries plus isolator. We also met Travis & Michelle, nice people.

[@parishskoolie]

Cool! Good to know! Do you remember what brand you went with?

[@orlandomarcano9822]

@@parishskoolie Got a Keyline isolator from amazon. It charges my bus crank batteries and my agm batteries. When using an inverter it uses all batteries and cuts out crank batteries when voltage gets about 12.4 volts so you can still crank engine. If you got lithium batteries you may need one that is compatible.

[@lastmanstanding6081]

Ricky has a sweet bus

[@parishskoolie]

Heck yes he does! His garage (and knowledge) definitely came in clutch!

[@pdrunions673]

Where is this event

[@parishskoolie]

Melrose, Florida

[@pdrunions673]

@@parishskoolie thanks

[@tomwalker3553]

Your music during the video is very annoying

[@parishskoolie]

Then turn down the volume

[@tomwalker3553]

@@parishskoolie I just will not watch.

[@parishskoolie]

@@tomwalker3553 Good talk!

[@zepherstarrtrail7802]

Please stop with all the music. Not interested in a music video .

[@parishskoolie]

I’ve got chapters if you like to skip around ☺️