On Monday the 14th when we got up in the morning we found out that we were on 12 volt battery power and batteries were running low. I called the factory and talked with a tech. After some trouble shooting, he thought that our transfer switch box was bad. We had partial power so we decided to stay here in Memphis and visit Graceland, then go to the Tiffin factory tomorrow and have them check out the electrical issue. We last visited Elvis’s Graceland in about 1985, the place has changed so much since then. The house and yard were all decortaed for Christmas which was Elvis' favorite season. More "tourest trap" areas (gift shops) and museums have been added across the street including 2 of Elvis' private airplanes. Sandy said that this is what will probably happen to “Neverland Ranch” now that Michael Jackson is dead.
Graceland 
A room full of records and awards that Elvis received.
More awards and stage costumes from his shows.
We stayed at the Tom Sawyer’s RV Resort located right on the Mississippi River in West Memphis, AR. Tomorrow we head to Red Bay, Al to have some work done on the motorhome.
On Tuesday when we drove into Camp Red Bay. There were only about 40 coaches in the park. A far cry from when we were here before. The camp host said that this is normally their slow time, but wait until after New Years and this place will be over flowing.On Wednesday when they came to check the automatic transfer switch, everything worked OK. Maybe it was bad wiring at the last camp site. I hope so.
It was Friday before they could get us into the paint shop where they caulked around two windows for us. We are now done here at the service center but will stick around and have some work done by Brannon at Custom RV, Inc on Tuesday of next week.
We drove to Florence, AL and did some shopping on Saturday and on the way back we stopped at a unique cemetery. I'm sure ya'all know there are pet cemeteries around. But this one is for Coon Dogs only. It was started in 1937 and there was at least one buried there this year. Some tombstones were very elaborate while others were just stick crosses made from tree branches.
On Monday the 21st I went to the Tiffin manufacturing plant and took some pictures of a guys’ motorhome chassis that was starting the process of being made into a motorhome. This is a common occurance where someone having a coach built will ask (on the Tiffin forum) if someone could take the time to go to the manufacturing plant and take some pictures as it is being built.
The next day we had a 7:00AM appointment with Brannon at Custom RV, Inc to have some work done. After we finished there we went to the Tiffin chassis plant and had the computer in the motorhome reprogrammed to act like the “Automatic Brake Switch” which sets the Jake brake to actuate when stepping on the brakes rather than letting off the throttle. After we were done (12:45) we left Red Bay and headed to Ft. Myers, FL. We stopped around 7:00PM just south of Ozark, AL at a rest stop to get some sleep. On Wednesday morning we got up 2:30AM and were back on the road by 3:15AM. Dale, now we know why you like driving at night. No traffic.
I think we were north of Tampa when we were slowed done by a traffic jam that was created by a semi that had its trailer frame break in half. At least the driver got the rig onto the shoulder before it completely fell apart. We listened to other trucker comments on the CB radio. Their language was much more "colorful", but they said some of these trailers are built so cheap, then the put the load all in the center of the trailer rather then spreading it out.
It was around 3:00PM when we pulled in to Cypress Woods Resort where we will be for a couple of months. Right now we are sitting on Dale and Mary’s lot until they get here the middle of January. They were kind enough to let us use it until we can find another one to rent. It’s much cheaper if you can rent from the person that owns the lot, rather than through the office.
It's 72 and cloudy right now and it looks like we will be getting a little rain today on Christmas.
Until next time,
Dave and Sandy
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