It's good to have a clean car...

As you know, I live in a very small town with a very enthusiastic volunteer fire department.

In the big city, there are several area fire departments staffing career firemen. For the past couple of years, the city has selected 12 of its most hunky fire fighters to appear in a firemen calendar. The proceeds from the sale of the calendar go to a local charity. In addition, there is an annual event called “Suds ‘n Studs.” For $10, women drive from all over the state to have these drool-over, shirtless firemen wash their cars. Being a regular patron of this event (as well as a proud owner of the 2004 and 2005 calendars!), I can tell you that it is well worth that $10!!

You don’t have to know your way around the city to find the charity event. Guys like this hold up signs to direct you the “Beefcake Car Wash.”


Beefcake

The first year, a group of five of us from my office piled into my little car and headed downtown. E__, the youngest in our group, asked a little too loudly, “Can we touch them?” I’ll have to admit, that it is what we were ALL thinking, so we were kind of glad she’d asked. YES, you can TOUCH them!!


touch 

They’ll pose for photos too! The first year, a whole lot of women we didn’t even know jumped into our group shot. Not to be unsociable, but they stood in FRONT of the guys, blocking the view. (Stupid women!) I managed to sandwich myself comfortably between two hunks, to avoid getting between the camera lens and those washboard abs. Hey, I’m no dummy!


group 1 

I also got some great action shots. You know, it’s good to have a clean car!


guys