Ken Kesey’s iconic psychedelic bus leaves Oregon for first time in nearly 60 years

In 1964, Oregon author Ken Kesey and a group of friends, known as the Merry Pranksters, embarked on a cross-country road trip from California to New York aboard a 1939 customized school bus. They painted the bus in psychedelic colors, added a rooftop platform and made other modifications. The bus known as Furthur became a symbol of the countercultural ethos of the '60s, from protesting the Vietnam…