Exciting new RV upgrade/mod - Part 1 of 3

I've been looking forward to this for at least six months, and it's finally happened!  Actually I had one in my condo in San Diego, and have missed it for over four years.  But I started thinking about one seriously about six months ago.  I sent an e-mail to my son, Tom, who agreed to "help," and here we are.  YES!

First some photos to show the prep running up to the final modification.  I'm going to show you the rest of the mod build in Part 2, and then the install in Part 3.  I took so many photos, it's ridiculous!  WAY too many photos for one post.

You'll probably guess what it is, but maybe not.  ; )   So, here we go...

First Tom checked out The Palms to make sure what I wanted to do would fit.  He took some measurements.  We spent some time at a lumber yard, looking at different kids of wood, and chose two pieces of plywood.  We had his large work truck and the wood was placed inside. Tom's a general contractor and had all the tools and almost everything else we needed to complete the job.

We drove back to Tom's house and started unloading.  Tom took out the wood and the saws and grinder and tools from the truck, got set up and started measuring and cutting, trimming and sanding, drilling, staining and sealing.  I did a little sanding and staining, but Tom knew what he was doing and it was better if I mostly enjoyed watching him do his thing.

Just to prove I helped:

This little guy is a knot or flaw in the wood - what do you see? 

Yup, a Roadrunner running, hiding inside my new mod.  It's a sign...  Right?  My on-board good luck charm.  :)

So...  any ideas?  Do you know what it is?  Check back in the next post to find out for sure!

From me and Katie, totaling enjoying our new RV mod, have a great Saturday, everyone!