PowerBeginner
Solar on a bus roof
- Add up daily watt-hours
- Size panels to roof space
- Pick a power station
- Run cable through a gland
Weeki Wachee · Chassahowitzka · Pinellas Trail
A skoolie is a retired school bus rebuilt into a home on wheels. We turned ours into a camp: rooftop tents, solar power, a coffee bar, and a rolling thrift store of gear you can rent or keep.
Pop-up movie night · Film launch
We park the skoolie, raise the screen, and fire up the rooftop projector. Bring a blanket. We'll bring the coffee, the chairs and the film.
Run of show
Date and location: TBA
Tickets & concessions
Bring your own blanket.
Price TBASet up and waiting for you.
$9Strung in the trees by the screen.
$10A cooler with ice at your seat.
$20We'll email the date, location and parking details.
Skoolie 101
Every skoolie starts as a decommissioned school bus. Here is how one becomes a place people want to sleep in.
Districts auction retired buses with sound frames and low-stress miles. Look for rust, then look again.
Seats, rubber floor and ceiling panels come out. Insulation and a subfloor go in.
Solar on the roof, power station inside, rooftop tents up top, lockups and a fridge below.
Everything stays on the bus. We pack out what we pack in and leave the woods as we found them.
Thrift Store in the Woods
Gear posts from our rolling marketplace. Every item is cleaned between rentals, and anything you buy comes with a 30-day warranty.
Rent 5+ items and get a free river map. Buy 3+ and get the “I Survived Weeki Wachee” sticker pack.
Featured on Airbnb
The Hippie Bus, parked in the wild near the Chassahowitzka. Self-contained, solar-powered, three tents on the roof.
The Mothership
Espresso window, Starlink, projector and an onboard restroom.
The Vault
Racks for 30 bikes, 30 duffels and a kayak ramp.
The Escape Pod
AC shuttle between trail, camp and hotel.
Overland
Hitch camper with a hard-shell tent.
The CampSkoolie Facebook community
One email a month: new gear drops, open camp dates and the best builds from the group.
Post your conversion progress, before and after
Solar, batteries, AC: what's actually working
Buy, sell, swap skoolie parts and camp gear
Where members parked, with permission and photos
Riders wanted for the next Pinellas Trail run
Inspiration & How-To
Practical guides from our own rigs, plus a feed of the skoolie creators we follow.
Creator spots are placeholders. Add the handles you want to feature and their latest posts fill in here.
Try Outs by CampSkoolie
You bring the bike. We bring the bus, the box truck, the bed and the vibes. Ride the Pinellas Trail, then take over the river for a night of movies, fire and glamping.
Boat transfer through the mangroves: +$75