Author: rvingwithapurpose

Monday, September 4, 2017

Happy Labor Day! Hope you have all had a great day. This is always a little bit of a sad time – the end of another summer which were always such fun times as children. However, now we see it as a good thing because it means families are busy with school, football etc, and there are fewer crowds for us to contend with in campgrounds and national parks, etc. We love the shoulder season for travel.

We are, of course, still at Red Bay awaiting the beginning of the work week here at Tiffin and hopefully some touchups/repairs to FRED 2. Most of our punch list items are cosmetic, but things we would like done. Nothing major, mostly little stuff. We will see how things go tomorrow. Today we walked to the city park and then walked a couple of rounds on the short walking track there. We got some good exercise so that was nice and we have walked around the campground and talked and made new friends. It’s been fun to sit out around the RV’s and talk to everyone. Tonight there was a beautiful full moon. The campground is almost full tonight – 3 or 4 open sites. People were coming in all day. Certainly glad we came in yesterday since it means we should get into a service bay more quickly. We suspect most of tomorrow will be spent waiting. We hope to be able to get back home to go to the funeral, but we will have to wait and see. Hope you all have a good short work week.

Sunday, September 3, 2017

We were blessed with another beautiful, almost fall like day although it did warm up into the 80s this afternoon. We were also blessed with the opportunity to worship with our friends at Lester Memorial and then attend our Sunday school class. After church we finished up lunch, finished getting Fred ready to roll and when Juno and Helen were home from church, we had lunch ready for everyone. After cleaning up we pulled out about 1:30 in route to Red Bay, AL, Tiffin Motor Homes. This will be the first time we have had to bring our rig back to the factory. Fred One came back with his first owners but we never had to bring him back. We arrived in Red Bay about 4:15 pm after an uneventful drive. Tiffin has their own campground with full hookups right at the service center. There are close to 100 campsites and 50 service bays. The people at the campground office were extremely nice and helpful and registered us in to site 45. The campground is no where near full but that is to be expected due to the holiday weekend. We will spend Labor Day here but by doing so we are hopeful we will be close to the top of the list for Tuesday. They service coaches first come first serve, except for warranty work. Every other coach called to the service bay is a new coach if there are any new coaches waiting. Confusing? Yes, a little but we will see what Tuesday brings. Since Fred is less than 3 months old we were told we shouldn’t have to wait very long. Some of our punch list items were not completed by Sherman. We would like to get as much as possible completed before we head to Iowa.

We have met several people already. Tiffin owners are sort of like an extended family and everybody seems to sit outside and walk around visiting. We had heard that Camp Red Bay was interesting and fun so we shall see over the next day or two. We met one lady who is a widow and travels solo full time so we talked to her about NOMADS and gave her a brochure. She had a “home” campground in Houston but came to TN to watch the eclipse. She was headed back last week when Harvey hit. Now she has little reason to return so she is getting some work done on her motor home and then will decide where to go from here. We continue to pray for all those living through such tragedy. We also pray that the east coast is spared from Irma.

One more day of the holiday weekend. Y’all have fun and stay safe tomorrow.

Saturday, September 2, 2017

This morning was wonderfully cool with a low of 57.4 degrees at our house. Great way to start the day with a little more incentive to exercise with cool temperatures. We did some walking this morning in the cool – only 3 miles – but did some more later in the day.

Today we worked on getting ready to head out again. We will be going to Red Bay tomorrow after church. We hope to get an early number for work Tuesday morning. We need a few things done that Sherman RV couldn’t do for us. We will be heading to Iowa next week for annual meeting so we are trying to get ready for that as well. It was a day of cooking, cleaning, packing, and best of all grilling. We like to grill up a batch of smoked sausage to keep in the freezer and Max did that this afternoon. We really like a little grilled smoked sausage in our omelets. Since the grill was hot we also grilled up some cheddar brats. Oh, so good!

Max’s cousin Wess (Rev. John Wesley Hallman, Jr.) died this afternoon after a battle with liver cancer. We will miss his sweet spirit but know he is at home in heaven and so thankful he is no longer in pain. Since we don’t know arrangements yet, our plans (as always) are subject to change.

Be sure to be praying for services tomorrow and prepare your heart for worship. Stay safe.

Wednesday, August 30-Friday September 1, 2017

The weather this afternoon was beautiful with great temperatures for our evening walk. Hurricane Harvey is finally out of here. We had no damage around us although there were some small tornadoes in various areas of our state. However, compared to Texas, we almost feel guilty even mentioning the damage here. We are so thankful that all of our family members that live in Texas seem to be OK. Thank you Lord!

Wednesday and Thursday Anne was in Tuscaloosa checking on her Mom. Mama Ruby hasn’t been doing well but does now seem to be making some improvement. Max stayed in Blount County and completed the cleanup of Aunt Helen’s basement and worked with the plumber to get some other things done around Helen’s.

Today was ROAD TRIP!!! We made a quick road trip over to Cedartown, GA to meet with Randy who is responsible for the facilities at Murphy-Harpst Children’s Center. We will be leading a project at MHCC this fall and want to visit with Randy and see what he had in mind for our team. Randy is new to this position although he has been at MHCC for a while. He plans for our team to remove the siding on a horse barn, install OSB, and cover it with tin. This should be a fun project for some nice fall days. There is also work in a break room, repairs to a bathroom, floor repairs, and other odds and ins around campus. There are always some many needs at MHCC.

 

We also drove over to the campground to see what shape it was in. The campground is on the back side of the MHCC property just off the Silver Comet Bike Trail. Wide open pasture spaces. Really nice. They will cut the grass and do a little work before we arrive but doesn’t need much. We enjoyed our visit with Randy and are looking forward to another great project at MHCC. After returning home Max had to cut grass and Anne worked in FRED. Fun Day. And it’s Friday!! Hope you all have a great holiday weekend. Stay safe!