...often go astray. So, I said I'd come back with tales from the road and this is a good one. Launch Day - we proudly arrive in our bright, shining, eye-catching Scan Van at Laguna Hills Mall and are met by an unfamiliar bouncer - the Fire Marshall. He insisted on disconnecting the battery and we quickly moved onto Plan B for powering the vehicle - our muscles.

Needless to say - the early bird mall walkers were shocked to see us coming. I witnessed all that got packed into that van when we did a dry run the night before, so I was ready to work up a sweat. Surprisingly, when you put a multi-ton vehicle into neutral, it was fairly easy to move. But, it was still teamwork at its finest and we eventually got to our home outside of JC Penney's.

For the past couple of weeks, the van has been touring around Southern California. From college guys to mothers to war veterans - our customers have loved it.

We met a family genealogist scanning photos to send to her distant relatives in Sweden who just learned of their American relations. We met a man who was going to create a photo book of his newly digitized photos to give to his younger cousin who never met some of their older relatives. Another woman wanted to digitize photos of her daughter who recently died, leaving 3 small children. This woman wanted her grandchildren to have some way of remembering their mother. Photos are emotional - they remind us of the most important people and times in our lives.

Most people who come to the van return with more pictures because it was much faster and easier than they expected. One woman came 3 times. Another drove 2 hours for her appointment. Some bring us 1,000 plus photos. Listen to what our customers have to say....

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