There are many people who love the school bus industry, and this collection of amusing and interesting photos shows their passion for it both on and off the job.
To see photos from "A Love for School Buses, Part 2," click here.
A Love for School Buses, Part 1
This photo by Ricky Adamson, who is a former bus driver for Forrest (Ark.) City School District, shows his Christmas tree, which is fully decorated in school bus spirit.
Buster the School Bus winks at the camera as it poses next to its real-life counterpart in this photo by David Pewitt of Bridgeport (Texas) Independent School District.
A wall painting of a bus dominates the room in this photo by David Krogstad, formerly of Flowing Wells Unified School District in Tucson, Ariz.
A pig investigates a toy bus in this photo by Charlene Penney from Vendetti Bus Co. in Milford, Mass.
An employee poses with Buster the School Bus in this photo by Anita Edge of Bladen County Schools in Elizabethtown, N.C.
A group of schoolchildren play inside a school bus tent in this photo by Dan Duenwald from Harlow's School Bus Service in Clark, S.D.
The bus collection in this photo by Arne Bernath of Chinook School Division 211 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, contains toy models, lunch boxes, pins and more.
Students created art on a bus seat in this photo by Will Rosa of Parkway C-2 School District in Chesterfield, Mo.
This photo by Linda Perno of Massachusetts-based AA Transportation Co. Inc. shows doors to an office that look like the back of a school bus.
A cat takes a nap on a seat in a bus in this photo by Lisa Hoffman, who works for a school bus contractor in Washington County, Md.
The bus collection in this photo by Abraham Ruelas of the Patten Academy of Christian Education in Oakland, Calif., contains mostly toy buses, along with some other bus-related items.
A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle holds up a model school bus in this photo by J.D. Wallace, who works for Jenks (Okla.) Public Schools.
The pumpkin in this photo Gavin Berwald of Westlake (Ohio) City School District has a bus carved into it.
Bus parts were used to create blinds used for hunting in this photo by North Carolina director of pupil transportation Derek Graham, and James Hawkins, who passed away in June 2010.
A mailbox models a school bus in this photo by Dan Duenwald from Harlow's School Bus Service in Clark, S.D.
A snowy mailbox looks great as a school bus in this photo by Louise Foerschner of the Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Garden City, N.Y.