Richard do you even know Nick and Terry? I don’t think so because if you did you would know they are the salt of the earth. Were you following them when Terry almost died from cancer and they were totally wiped out financially? I mean not one dollar – not one dime – not one nickle. It would have been easy to go on disability and just stop trying. But they never gave up. They picked up the pieces and bought that old rattle trap bus and built it into a very nice home for themselves. I remember Terry telling me it was their buckboard because every time they got an extra buck they bought another board to keep on building.

Have you ever talked to the many people Nick and Terry have encouraged to follow their dreams? Do you know how many people they have personally helped out one way or another? Sometimes with their time, sometimes with their advice, sometimes with their labor? Do you know how much of their product (read money) they give away every year as door prizes to RV rallies all over the country even if they dont go to the rallies themselves? Do you know how many sick discouraged people (myself included) they have given their words of comfort and love to? Have you seen one of the pocket angels Terry gives away to sick people? I still carry mine in my pocket every day.

Do you know that back in the hard days after Terry got sick their were times they were so broke they could not buy fuel to travel? But they did not stop, they did not whine and say gimme gimme. They did not miss an issue, they found a way to continue. They are still trying hard to get buy and improve their life one little bit at a time and Im damn proud of them.

Have you ever been inside their bus and seen Nicks medals hanging on the wall in their bedroom? Do you know what a purple heart means? Do you know what THREE of them mean? Do you know what a bronze star means, or a silver star? I do. It means sacrifice. It means putting others in front of yourself at the very risk of your own life. Have you ever seen Nick wince from the pain when he walks because of the wound in his knee? Have you ever noticed the bullet hole in his arm or the scars on his hands? I have. I know where they came from. I know there are others. Thats why I call him brother when I see him.

I spent my career in the US Navy and I can tell that you are always a taker and a user, never a giver. So just shut up!