Time at Red Bay

We arrived at Red Bay on Monday the 2nd around 7:30 PM and checked in for our March 4th appointment with the Tiffin Service Department.

This is a photo that we had taken along the way in Arkansas and forgot to include in the last posting. Sandy liked the white trees along the white fence with the brick gate.

We were called to Bay 5 in the Service Center and met our service techs, Daniel and Daniel. We then went over the items on our punch list. We spent 3 days at this bay, moving out to our camp site each night and then back to the bay at 7:00 each morning. They finished with us by noon on Friday the 6th. Bob and Dorothy came over to visit in the evening . We had met them at the Cave Creek Campground a couple weeks earlier. On Sunday we asked Bob and Dorothy to come over and watch the Duke vs North Carolina basketball game. Their son had gone to Duke so they follow the games whenever they can. Duke lost, but the game was real close until the last couple of minutes.

Sandy took this picture of the Allegro Campground, “Camp Red Bay”, which is about 75 percent full. The campground is not luxurious, but it's free, has full hook-ups and presents the opportunity to meet people with common interests.

On Monday the 9th we went to Bay 20, which is the paint area and where we spent the next 2 1/2 days taking care of some paint issues. On Thursday the 12th we were in the cabinet shop for some work. The new bathroom door had not come in yet so will have to go back there next week. On Friday the 13th we had the "new and improved" Atwood levelers put on the rear of the coach. One of the rear jacks had been replaced twice before and the other one once. We sure hope the new design takes care of the problem.

With Friday the 13th comes the expected phone call from Sandy's former co-worker and good friend, Eppie, wishing her a "Happy Birthday". This ritual started a long time ago when they and some other employees were celebrating someone's Friday the 13th birthday at work. But Sandy, who's birthday is on the 12th, while having a, what I call a "brain fart", blurted out "my birthday never falls on Friday the 13th" (Dah). So every Friday the 13th she get's a few phone calls just to remind her of one of her biggest bloopers.

This is a photo of a mural celebrating the hundredth birthday, 1907-2007, of the Tiffins being in business in Red Bay. They started out as a General Store, then a lumber yard and in the mid 70's they started building motorhomes.

While we were in Bay 5 we met a nice couple, Joe and Jan,who were in Bay 4 next to us. On Saturday Joe came over early in the afternoon and invited us over for wine and cheese. So at 5:30 we went over to Joe and Jan’s and met Steve and Sharon. We spent the next 2 1/2 hours visiting about all things pertaining to motorhomes. We pretty well covered all subjects from dumping (sewage disposal) to great place to visit. Only an RVer could appreciate those conversations. Later we went for supper over at Gill’s Grill.

Sharon, Joe, Sandy, Jan and Steve. Joe and Jan are a couple as are Steve and Sharon.

There is a place in town where you can weigh the motorhome. On Sunday afternoon Steve, Joe, and I weighed our coaches after which we had a bull and beer session to see how we could move things around to get our weight distribution better. Later in the evening we and the wives went to the local pizzeria. It was great pizza that could only have been made better by having a beer. Franklin County is still one of the many counties in the southeastern states that are dry (no liquor).

Tuesday the 17th was a day we did not have to go into a bay so I Dry Washed 80% of the motorhome, will finish it up tomorrow. Jan and Joe came over late afternoon and invited us over for supper. Steve and Sharon also joined us. Jan had prepared a delicious Lasagna with salad and ice cream for dessert. We spent the evening visiting and before we knew it 10:00 o’clock was upon us. Jan and Joe, and Steve and Sharon are leaving tomorrow morning and if all goes right we will leave Friday morning.

On Thursday morning we noticed that we had a window fogging up between the panes so we will probably stay and have it replaced. At 3:30 we went out to Brannon’s Custom RV and had him look at hooking up the outside TV so it would run off the bedroom DVR rather than the front TV. He was able to make the changes in a couple of hours without having to add any switching gear. Now Sandy can be inside watching one program and I can be outside watching a different program.

The window came in late Thursday, so Friday the 20^th , we went into a bay for the last time on the trip. We had the side window replaced by the driver’s seat. Tomorrow we will head up to Alabama’s Joe Wheeler State Park and probably stay there and fish until the 25^th when we are going to Nashville for a few days, probably leaving there on April 1^st. When we leave Nashville we are going to Elkhart, IN to look for a recliner to replace the 2-piece recliner that came with the motorhome. Then we will slowly work our way home and probably be back in Minneapolis around the 8th of April.

Until next time,

Dave and Sandy