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Red Bay is now 315 miles behind our taillights as the A/Bus is docked at a lovely campsite with a distant water view at the north end of the Land Between the Lakes, the National Recreational Area created as a public works/improvement project by LBJ in the early '60s.  It's interesting how prominent the TVA and the Corps of Engineers are in this part of the country.  Warms the hearts of these two touring Feds.

A 0700 we had the A/Bus at the door of Bay 39 at the Tiffin repair facility.  To be fixed was the non-extending hydraulic leveling jack at the right front corner, and topping off the a/c (I thought) to get it colder again.  Well, there was nothing wrong with the jack; its failure to extend is the computer's way of punishing you for asking the system to level the coach on a slope beyond its limits.  Great, I thought, we'll be oughta here in another 15 mnutes.

Four hours later we were ready.  I won't bore anyone with the details of the rather intricate and unusual failures found in the a/c system, but it took two guys 2.5 hours to figger it out.  I stood right there with them, watching the whole time.  Imagine my surprise when, instead of billing me for the five hours I expected (@ $75 each), they only billed me for two.  The pocket door repair?  0.1 hour.  Replace the fan switch in the bathroom? Another six minutes, and no charge for the switch. The whole bill was a whopping $172.  No wonder Tiffin RV owners are rabidly loyal.

We headed back north and kept an eye out for Brady and/or Holly when we stopped for an hour at "their" Costco to do the shopping list for the LPBA hospitality suite for next week's meeting.

M is VERY grateful for the dry cold front that has pushed thru, breaking the hyper-oppressive heat & humidity we've been in for most of the trip. She has been an unhappy hot camper. Chicago wx sounds wonderful and we'll be WalMarting on its outskirts tomoorw nite, Lord willing.

Time for bed; that delicious a/c sound is putting me on the trailer.

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