"pop top" Conversion

So we have found a company that is willing to convert our older van into a "pop top", as Jess likes to call it. Or otherwise known to me as a converted roof; sounds better right. This process has been a substantial drain on our optimism and excitment since learning that altering a vehicle in any way is not that simple. A typical idea that turns out to include many levels of beauracracy.
For those of you who dont know my mother and the infamous "Westy's", a "pop top" is a vehicle, usually a recreational van of sorts, that had its roof cut open or off and engineered to raise up, allowing for head room to stand. This is a critical addition to our home away from home, if it is to be a happy home that is. Crouching our way through the Americas is enough to make my back hurt just thinking about it.
Our next step is finding a way to get the van to Vancouver and then home again. The company that has agreed to help us is also the only company we found that could help and is located in Vancouver British Columbia. While at one point this may have been a problem, this project has taught me that real problems are not easily resolved. And no "real problem" is worth resolving if you already know how to find the answer. Just opening up my mind to the possibilty of my ideas is a chalenge. Channeling these ideas into a cohesive plan is how we expand. Focus; magnifying our thoughts to a size that can be easily scrutinized is the key. There in lies the chalenge, exposing ourselves to the critics is the only way to ligitimize our ideas. Ideas are only possibilities until they reach the physical world. And in the physical world these thoughts are obscured by rationale. They clash automatically with the other filters through which these ideas have been understood. If these ideas can be understood through any filter than we have found or created a reality. Determining reality is the tool for creating happiness.