The iconic psychedelic bus Furthur, whose Merry Pranksters passengers hit the road and fueled '60s counterculture, is coming back out to San Francisco. Originally commissioned by novelist Ken Kesey in 1964, the converted 1939 International Harvester school bus carried Kesey, Neal Cassady, and a rotating cast of artists and writers across America, spreading LSD-fueled spontaneity and multimedia happenings that became legend. After decades in storage and restoration, the bus's current stewards — including Kesey's family and original Pranksters — believe its message of radical openness and collective creativity resonates urgently today.

They plan public appearances and educational programs, framing Furthur not as nostalgia but as a mobile laboratory for reimagining community. As one organizer noted, "America sure could use it" — a rolling reminder that the journey, not the destination, defines the trip.