Some homes have five bedrooms, a jacuzzi, and walk-in closets. Others have hanging gardens, spiral staircases and kitchens with kilometres of granite counter tops.
And others are smaller.
Much, much smaller.
Like living-in-an-ambulance-small.
Bill Smyth and Logan Miller have converted a 1994 Ford E350 ambulance into their new home. After New Years, they plan to drive it to numerous ski hills across B.C. In March, they91裸聊视频檒l continue to Mexico and when they drive back to Canada next spring, they aim to visit all the national parks along the way.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e always known I want to do a long trip, it was just where and how,91裸聊视频� says Miller.
91裸聊视频淪pending money on hostels, rentals, or whatever else felt like a waste of our income that we worked so hard to get so it made more sense to put that into our own home.91裸聊视频�
They say they chose an ambulance because of the cost and potential for personalized space.
The couple bought the ambulance off Kijiji in Cranbrook for just over $6,000. After some research on the vehicle, they discovered it was originally from Beartooth, Montana and before that, New Jersey. It was also in New York during 9/11.
Thus, they91裸聊视频檝e called their new home Beartooth.
Turning Beartooth into a home hasn91裸聊视频檛 been easy. The couple have redone the ceiling with wood, put in laminate floors, wooden countertops, tiles, a wood burning stove, a sink, solar panels, and wallpaper.
Looking at it now, it91裸聊视频檚 hard to imagine that Beartooth may have once been engulfed by the dust and remains of the World Trade Center 17 years ago.
The ambulance is now bright, cozy, and stylish. There91裸聊视频檚 even hanging plants.
Miller owns an interior design company in Revelstoke.
91裸聊视频淚t hasn91裸聊视频檛 been easy working with a space that91裸聊视频檚 so small. There are so many things to consider,91裸聊视频� says Miller.
91裸聊视频淵ou don91裸聊视频檛 want tiles too big that break when you go over a bump, you have to use a special grout with the flooring, you can91裸聊视频檛 use anything that91裸聊视频檚 too thick because then your head space is wrong.91裸聊视频�
They even sliced a hole in the roof for the wood stove and chimney.
91裸聊视频淚t was very nerve-wracking,91裸聊视频� says Smyth with a laugh.
Impressively, the roof has yet to leak.
There are some laws when it comes to buying and using an emergency vehicle. For example, the words 91裸聊视频渁mbulance91裸聊视频� cannot be displayed and the driver cannot run the lights or sirens.
91裸聊视频淎s far as insurance goes, it91裸聊视频檚 basically insured as a cube van,91裸聊视频� says Smyth.
The couple says that people have a multitude of reactions to Beartooth, such as confusion, excitement, and intrigue.
91裸聊视频淎 lot of people when we91裸聊视频檙e driving will pull aside and kind of question if we91裸聊视频檙e an ambulance or not. We get a lot of people noticing from behind that we91裸聊视频檙e not an official ambulance anymore. Then they try to pass us to see what91裸聊视频檚 going on and who is driving,91裸聊视频� says Smyth with a laugh.
The couple says their upcoming travels will be an opportunity to experience different cultures and appreciate what they91裸聊视频檝e left behind.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e going to have to be really conservative with our water usage as we only have jugs,91裸聊视频� says Miller.
91裸聊视频淎 lot of other countries have to do that on a daily basis. We91裸聊视频檙e so lucky in Canada that you don91裸聊视频檛 think about it. It will be a good lesson on how to live with less.91裸聊视频�
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If Beartooth survives this adventure, the couple says they have others planned. Next fall they hope to drive back to Mexico and on to Central America.
91裸聊视频淭hat trip is a lot more open-ended,91裸聊视频� says Smyth.
91裸聊视频淲e don91裸聊视频檛 have an end date. It all depends on our money and time.91裸聊视频�
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