THROUGH ATLANTA

On Thursday they did all the other work we wanted done in the RV, so we were ready to leave Red Bay on Friday morning. We were glad to get out of town before it turned real cold.(20's)

I wasn't looking at the map and we just followed our GPS. When we got to Montgomery it told us to stay on the left lane to stay on I-20. I was a little confused when I realized I-65 was a right exit. When I finally got the map out I realized we were on the way to Atlanta! We would get there at 3:30. I thought we would go around Atlanta on 285 but no it had us go straight into Atlanta to get on I-75. There was no traffic backup so that is how we went. At the I-85 split we saw a car spin out and hit the guard wall, all the other cars were able to stop without hitting him. I'm sure it was going to cause a traffic jam in the next few minutes, but we were lucky to get through with no problem. We were on 475 around Macon at 5:00 and still didn't hit any terrible traffic. We stopped at Southern Trails RV Resort for the evening. It was a ROD park right off I-75 at exit 121. We still have our ROD membership till March. By the way anyone that used ROD may have a $25 deposit they should get refunded when their membership expires.

It was a nice campground and not very crowded. That's us way at the end.

We were up early Saturday morning. The sun was just rising.

When we checked in they told us they had free pancakes Saturday morning. We stopped in and had our breakfast before leaving. It was a very friendly camp ground. The biggest problem was the train crossing 1/4 mile up the road, so the train whistle blew each time a train went by.

We were blown down I-75 with pretty strong winds and wind gust. We were glad to get into Florida and back to Orlando TT. Since we were getting back faster then we thought possible I made reservations for the next three days here before we head to Wachula. We need to restock the refrigerator and get our mail. Glad to be back in sunny Florida.

I MIGHT BE A REDNECK ...

Just west of Red Bay in Mississippi is the Silver Dollar Grocery store. It sells dented or outdated food. I stocked in on soups and a few other can goods. Might be a redneck.

We drove a few more miles on the Natchez Trace Parkway.

We stopped and walked up this trail to an overlook. It was a steep 1/4 miles hiked.

A nice view and it would be beautiful in the fall.

Our destination was the Coon Dog Cemetery. Might be a redneck.

The GPS got us off the Natchez Trace and unto a road that had a sign for the cemetery. After driving about 10 miles there was a road sign - bridge out , road closed. We tried to take another road but ended back up on the Trace once more and had to drive another 30 miles to get to the Coon Dog Cemetery.

Know someone with a coon dog here is the number to call.

A lot of coon dogs have been buried here.

The grave marker for the first dog buried here, Troop, Key Underwood's dog.

Some elaborate markers, they really love their dogs.

Everyone told us to go eat at Swamp John's, so on our way home we had dinner here.
Might be a redneck.

A healthy meal of fried catfish and fries along with hush puppies! My fries were sweet potato fries:) Might be a redneck.For lunch the next day we ate at Piggly Wiggly Food store. It has a nice little cafeteria in the back with an eating area. Might be a redneck.

On Monday we went and said hello to Bob Tiffin, the founder of Tiffin Motor homes.

When we were in town this truck stopped us and asked for help finding the campground. At the end of the day we had them come to our motorhome and put the film on our bathroom windows.

We can see out but other can't see in, so we don't have to have the shade down in the bathroom all the time.

When I dusted the dashboard the other day I found this crack.

We showed it to the service tech and they realize it was also cracked at the bottom.

The first plan was to repair the crack, but then they decide it would be best to replace the dash.

So this is how our RV looks on Wednesday night after they worked all day. We are hoping they will get the dash replaced tomorrow, so we can get back on the road.

RED BAY STAY

Monday morning at 7 we pulled into bay 48.

Coaches all lined up at there assigned bay waiting for service.

Roger Scott was our service technician. He did a great job.

Larry and Roger going over the list of things we needed done.

We changed out these batteries for the carefree batteries below.
Six Zephyr Optima blue top batteries.

Roger working on changing our king bed to a queen and installing a sleep number mattress.

Our new sleep number bed.

We like the space we now have between the wall and the bed.
The king was too hard to make and it was even hard to get in and out of bed.

Red Bay is in Alabama, but the Mississippi state line is just a few miles down the road.We went to Belmont,Mississippi and signed up for Dish satellite service. Larry thinks he is in heaven now. But of course they didn't tell us about the rebate right away to get the $39.95 monthly charge, so we paid $77, even though we went back the next day and talked to them about it. And to get the HD channels we need another dish on a tripod, so I'm not so sure this was a good move or not. We have been watching a lot of movies each day since.At 9:30 each day they give a tour of the plant. We took the tour Wednesday morning. (I took my camera, but left it in the car! Darn. )The wood working area is amazing and you can really see the care and workmanship that goes into making the cabinetry.

Shawn and Dora were our tour guides. Talking to them later we found out he was also a minister and an artist. He had painted this mural about Tiffin on a building in town.

There are mural on many of the buildings, depicting businesses and life in the area.

Unfortunately most of the business and stores are gone.

We had a nice lunch at Gill's Grill. There are not too many places to eat in Red Bay.

The magnolias are in bloom and they sure smell good.

Thursday morning we went a few miles to Bay Diesel to get the generator serviced and the 6,000 mile service/oil change.

Our RV up on the lift.

the blue jacks on each tire is what held up the coach.

Friday they came and fixed the cabinet door that was a little off alignment and put the hinges from the left side of the door to the right side on the cabinet door above the sink in the back bathroom. Now I wont hit my thumb on the knob each time I open the center closet door. Little things but nice to get fixed while we are here.

Right before we got to Red Bay our outside entry steps started making a terrible racket each time they went in and out. They were waiting for the control board to fix it. It came in this afternoon but didn't solve the problem, so we will be back in bay 48 Monday morning at 7. We also found a crack on the dash that needs repair and we want an electrical outlet put in on the wall between the kitchen and bathroom. I hope we will be ready to move by Thursday.