RVing With a Purpose

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Yesterday was a quiet relaxed day. That was good because Max was awake a good part of the night watching the weather. Fortunately for us the line of storms split and went on both sides of us but we had nothing here in Red Bay. It also missed our house and Mama Ruby’s house. We did our morning walk and then went to the Farmer’s Market that is suppose to be open from 7-11. We got there at 9:00 and there were only two vendors still there and they had very little left to sell. They said we should come earlier next time. Oh, well. The rest of the day we did laundry and relaxed.

Today we had a really early start to the day. We decided that we would return to Oneonta for church. This weekend was our Discovery weekend for our youth at church so they had our entire service and did a wonderful job. So glad we made the decision to get up really early and go back home for church. Such a blessing!

After Sunday school we stopped by to see the aunts. They seemed to be doing well today and were very happy to see us. We had a nice visit. Another blessing. We then went by Helen’s and our house to make sure all the freezers were working after the electrical storms of last week. Everything was fine at the houses and we gathered all the mail and a couple of packages we had ordered and headed back north to Red Bay. We were surprised when we arrived at how many people had arrived this afternoon. Camp Red Bay is almost completely full. There are many more than were here last Sunday evening. We did a little walking and talking and then called it a night. Thankful for another safe travel day and especially thankful for our church family. Hope everyone had a great weekend. We have to get ready for a 7:00 am return appointment in bay 48.

Friday, July 20, 2018

It was an early morning for us since we had a 7:00 appointment to be in a service bay. We put most things away last night. We fixed a quick breakfast and pulled in the bay at 6:50. Our service techs started promptly reviewing our list of issues with us and then got right to work.

Tiffin received a bad batch of LED lights last year and they start a strobe effect before they actually totally fail. The failure is not that much of a problem because we have so many lights, but the strobe effect is really bothersome. They had already sent us five new ones that Max had replaced. Today when the techs came in to get started another one started flickering. They asked us if we just wanted them to go ahead and change them all out today and they did. Well, they started the process and will complete it Monday. There are over 60 LED lights in our coach. To replace them all takes a while.

We also got a new front air conditioner today so tonight we are really cool. Nice. Otherwise they are working on mostly small items such as a loose tail light, loose LED light stripe on awning etc. Our two service techs, as usual, are very professional and are doing a great job. They assure us they will take care of all our concerns and we are sure they will. We think we will probably be here until Tuesday or Wednesday depending on when some parts come in that were ordered today.

Tonight we are under a tornado watch so we are in weather watch mode. We are always aware of the safety issues of being in the motor home. Tiffin left the customer lounge open tonight for us to use as a shelter if necessary. Right now the storms appear to be weakening so we are very hopeful that this is all going to dissipate.

Thursday, July 19, 2018

It was raining when we woke up this morning so we rolled over and went back to sleep. First time we have done that in a while. It was nice! The rain stopped mid-morning and it was so nice and cool, 73 degrees, with a nice breeze. We couldn’t pass that up and headed out for about 3.5 miles. Of course before we got back home the sun was beating down again but for the most of the way it was nice.

On the way back from our walk we stopped in to see Trevor at Nichols Custom and talked to him about mats for our steps and front entry area. He sent us home with three samples to choose from and was at the rig within an hour taking measurements. Within a couple of hours it was installed. Such fine service from Trevor and we are very pleased with our mats.

For lunch today we tried a new Instant Pot meal. It’s one of our recipes that starts with Zataran’s black beans and rice. We add onion, grilled smoked sausage and extra sweet corn. It’s usually a stove top meal that simmers for an hour or so. Tried it for the first time in the instant pot today and it worked great. We will be doing enjoying another meal in the next day or two.

We did another 3.5 mile walk this tonight because we got the phone call we were waiting on. We go into a full service bay to begin our warranty work at 7:00 am tomorrow. YEA!! We stay with the rig and watch and learn while they are doing our work so no walking in the morning. We do not expect them to complete our work tomorrow but we are just glad to get started in 4 days rather than two weeks. It was a good day.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

This morning was really foggy. We were up and walking our 3 miles by 6:00 with a temperature of 72. Nice. Then we had a quick breakfast and got ready for a day of riding. It was a long day of riding. We left Red Bay and drove to Oneonta. We checked in on the Aunts who did not have a good day yesterday. Today things seemed to be going better. We stopped by and visited with Donna for a few minutes and then went back to the mountain to vote. We checked both houses and picked up the mail and then headed to Tuscaloosa. We picked up some records that we needed from Sonny, checked on Mama Ruby’s house and made a stop at the grocery store and Walmart and then started the drive back to Red Bay.

It stormed in Red Bay while we were gone and we ran into rain on the way back to Fred. We watched some really strange looking clouds for a lot of the drive back. A giant circle and about 7 hours of driving. We are glad to be back at our home on wheels. Thank you Lord for a safe day of travel. Now, a cup of tea and a good night’s sleep.