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Heylo from quasi-lovely Red Bay, AL, where the A/Bus came for its Extreme Makeover last summer and is back to have a couple items taken care of -- one of which just emerged in the last couple days, a hydraulic leveling jack that was replaced here last summer now refuses to extend. That and an occasional roof leak around the a/c are the top two items for our three-hour time slot sometime tomorrow.

This morn J-Man helped me rearrange one of the cargo bays I use the most and handed me clean towels while I stood on a stepstool and washed the windshield.  He then retreated to the shade of the front porch as the day's sun grew intense. We didn't hit the 100F promised in the Burg today but Im sure we came close.  I had to run the genset and burn diesel fuel all day to try and keep the roof a/c's ahead of the sun baking down on the A/Bus.

Dr Brado was off today and I helped him fix a few things on the Wheel Horse so he could attack his yard, which takes almost two hours to mow even with the 48" mower deck.  Then we all went out for lunch at Dotson's in nearby Franklin, the place where all the menus are signed by country music stars.  It would be hard to choose between it and Dover's Diner back in Gaffney, but Dotson's has a bigger menu.

M&I bid farewell to B&H and the grandkids about 3pm and 6:15pm were safely in Red Bay, 177 miles later.  We went out for milk at 9pm (still 88F) and had to get some at McDonald's because all the stores were closed.

There must be 50 coaches and their owners (usually couples, many with dogs) here with, essentially, nothing to do in this small southern town while they wait for service, some for days and a few for weeks.  Now, these are folks (unlike us) who have thrown down two to four Large to have a premium-class motor home and can laugh at fuel prices.  What has Red Bay done to welcome, cater to, and involve these guests in the local commerce?  Well, that would be nothing.  And there are only two small signs anywhere in town noting the location of the Tiffin factory -- producer of the #1 selling diesel pusher brand in the US -- and this service facility and its campground.  Seems like somebody's missing the boat here.

So tomorrow will likely be another day of Suspended RV Animation as we await our turn and our repairs.  Hopefully we'll get outta here in tme to get up to the intriguing Land Between the Lakes by dark.

Jacob yesterday was relating something to BeBe and said he'd "sawn" something,  When she corrected him with "seen," he sighed a weary sigh and said no, that was for something you had seen not very long ago.  "When you saw it a REALLY long time ago, it's 'sawn.'" 

Think it's time for me to be sawn some logs.

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