Party bus business ready to cruise

A spur-of-the-moment idea led to the creation of a new Clearwater business.

Rolling' Transportation, LLC, co-owner Hailey Schlecht said the original plans were to purchase a trolley, but she and husband, Adam, decided it would only offer seasonal use.

On the other hand, a bus would provide party services year round.

"We started talking about it on a Monday, we found a bus by Tuesday and we picked it up by Friday," Schlecht said.

When the Schlechts retrieved the bus from its former owners in Texas, the music system had been removed and the rope lighting was so old "it fell apart, disintegrated....