01-09NOV09 - Red Bay, AL

Sunday afternoon, 01NOV, we arrived at the Tiffin factory RV park in Red Bay, AL. We got one of the last spots with hook-ups; unfortunately this meant there were a lot of RV owners waiting for repairs ahead of us! Turns out that the size of the RV park has been increased by over 40 spots, but still some people had been waiting over two weeks for servicing. For more on why we return to the factory for repairs, see below BLOG link.

http://theryanrvexpress.blogspot.com/2008/12/19-21nov08-red-bay-al.html

http://www.tiffinmotorhomes.com/

After a couple of days of sitting around, we accepted the fact that we were going nowhere fast. At the same time our daughter, Rebecca, called Corrie and asked if were going to be in Houma, LA, soon? Turns out she wanted to go to the casinos in Biloxi with a girl friend and needed a dog sitter. So the decision was made for Corrie to take the Toad and head to Houma, while Dan & Gumbo waited for repairs to be made at some unknown date.

Thankfully, one week later, 09NOV, the factory technicians got around to fixing the items on our work list. As expected the heater core being in an almost inaccessible location took the longest time, but it all came together at the end of the work day. Since Tropical Storm Ida was expected to come ashore that evening, Dan decided to remain one more night in Red Bay, AL, before driving by himself to Houma.