As some of you know, when we have a Federally-declared disaster, I am contracted to FEMA as a Housing damage inspector. That's how I met Cathy, we have worked on several Hurricanes together.
Whenever we get to a disaster area, there is nowhere to stay because all hotel rooms are taken by evacuees, power linesmen etc.
So we are sometimes billeted on Government property, a Military base or similar.
While in the New Orleans area we lived in tents on a Base, sometimes mixed gender together, and privacy was non-existent.
So, in case of future deployments, we bought a conversion van. We paid $1500 cash.
For a 1990 Chevy, it is in excellent condition. It has 4 captain's chairs, a bench seat which converts to a bed, a built-in cooler, and hanging space for clothes. It has mini-blinds and blue velvet curtains.
Dave has put a lot of work into it.....he repainted the outside, put new carpet in it, put a new TV / DVD /CD system in.
Today he is very proud of his latest addition.
His buddy came over and together they put in a 1,000 watt inverter that will apparently run all the electronics. (What do I know?
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But what tickled me was the sight of those two working on it......
Mike backed his van up our driveway, opened it up to reveal his mobile workshop.
Those two Vets were singing along to CCR, drinking a cold beer, and just enjoying some "guy time" in the sunshine........
This isn't mine, but it's similar. Mine has an Irish Flag plate on the front, a US Navy License plate on the back. And CW DVDs and CDs inside of course!!!
