A Little Background For New Readers

For those readers who happen to just stumble by this blog, it might be good to give you a little information on what this place in cyberspace is all about.

Back in the fall of 2007, four rabid Florida Gator football fans (Jim, Karen, Cheeseball, and I) took a trip to watch the Gators play South Carolina Gamecocks. While tailgating outside the stadium, we saw an old school bus painted orange and blue by a group of Gator fans much like ourselves. During the drive back to Gainesville, it was decided we wanted to have our own Gator bus.

After much debate about whether we could pull it off, the four of us along with three other investors (Russ, Shannon, and Gus) we purchased the bus in early March 2008 and had hoped it would be ready for opening day against Hawaii. It took us some time to get organized but the first official work party was June 7th 2008. After many, many, many hours of work , we soon realized that we were not going to make our goal of getting the bus drivable for Hawaii. Of course, once football season arrived our weekends were filled with football and thus not much progress was made on the bus...

Until December rolled around.. Jim, Karen, Cheeseball, and I traveled to Atlanta to tailgate and watch the Gators win the SEC Championship. On the drive back to G'ville, it was decided we would do everything in our power to get the Swampbus ready for the BCS Championship Game. After all, how many times will the Gators be in the national championship game just down the road from us.

With many hours of work not just from the investors, but also friends and co-workers great progress was made on the bus in just a short month and that brings us to where we are today. The eve of the first football trip for the Swampbus. You can check out the construction photos and get other information on our website at www.swampbus.com.

Here's hopeing for a Gator win on Thursday and a safe and fun trip. Stay tuned, its going to be a fun ride for sure.