The Crew on Original Sourdough Bus

The 1972 bread-wagon-on-wheels took four weeks to make the journey to Alaska, peddling bread up the Highway to make enough money to set up shop in their new found destination. The van pulled a small homemade trailer equipped with an old propane oven capable of baking six loaves at once, plus enough supplies for subsistence living along the way. The weary travelers had lots of gumption and made it to Homer with only $43 left in their pockets. The bakery van parked on the Homer Spit and in three weeks established itself and its products in the community.