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The ‘Furthur’ Bus’s Long, Strange Trip, and Why It’s Returning to San Francisco
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A 1939 school bus, once vibrantly painted and used by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters during San Francisco’s 1960s counterculture movement, currently sits neglected in a barn near Eugene, Oregon.
- The bus, symbolizing the psychedelic era and its ethos of love and freedom, has deteriorated over time with faded paint, a crumbling roof, and cracked windows.
- Zane Kesey, Ken Kesey’s son, plans to return the bus to San Francisco to revive its cultural significance amid today’s political and social divisions.
- Ken Kesey’s bus was famously modified with psychedelic paint, a sunroof, a sound system, and a balcony, serving as a mobile emblem of the 1960s counterculture revolution.
