After a long few days in Chicago working for CAbi it was nice to get back to the bus. Sure the beds and showers were amazing, but 16 hour days inside a convention center made the showers seem pretty worthless. Mobile, AL seemed like a nice small southern town on the Gulf, but I didn’t really see much of the city to know it that well. Lieu was off working in Dallas for CAbi, but Ashley, Steven and I explored the area a bit. The first day in town we went to Dauphin Island and hung out at the beach. The island was really nice, the sand was clean and white, and the houses were on 15 foot stilts. I don’t know if it was just a bad day or if the three of us are unlucky but we all were stung by jellyfish when we went swimming in the ocean. Mine was particularly uncomfortable as it continued to sting for over a day and left a bruise on my leg. I determined jellyfish in general are evil creatures that we should extinct. (Actually I don’t really know what purposes they serve in the world, but I do know they cause me pain). That night we went to a pretty cool restaurant on the bay with live music and a deck over the water. Lieu recommended it to us because he went there with our RV park mate Bob while we were in Chicago. Apparently they had a pretty nice time together because they went out the next night to Mexican food and fireworks. Anyway, Bob was a great neighbor while it lasted. Today we went to the Mobile Greyhound Park and bet on some dog races. By the way, it’s completely different from horses. There is no way of knowing which dog is going to win, or even do well. Maybe because they are just dogs chasing a white fluffy thing, I don’t know but there seemed to be no rhyme or reason to the results, it never correlated with the odds. It was a blast though, I laughed the whole time. Watching the dogs pull over for a pee break on their way to the gates, what a ridiculous spectacle. Tonight we picked Lieu up from the airport after his long few days working and we’re off to Florida. We have many stops in Florida so check back soon for some good stuff.

- Carson

For the past few days Carson, Stephen and I have been in Chicago.  This time, it was all work and no play; quite a new concept for eBUS live.  One of our good friends, Chelsey Taylor, works for a company who needed some extra trustworthy help for one of their conventions, so they asked eBUS live if we would be willing to help them out.  Needless to say, we had a lot of work cut out for us, about 24 hours of work in a 60 hour time frame.  We did not get to see the city much, but we made a few dollars to help pay for our fun adventures to come.  Carson, Stephen and I are waiting to pick up Lieu this evening (he is doing the same job we had in Dallas) and then we are off to Florida.  We are hoping we will be able to deep sea fish, see the Everglades, and visit the Keys.

-Ashley