There's so much going on with us right now I think we are going to pull our hair out and have a hissy fit. We went to the service foreman today and had to get a little firm. Note: I shut up and turned it over to Jerry. We cancelled everything we wanted done except two of the three recalls. We might be able to get those done by the end of this week. Nothing is carved in stone with these people and no one ever gets in a hurry. Another note: Tiffin sells four of the top five coaches in the entire country and it is because of customer service. We beg to differ. Anyway, we took the coach ourselves to Red Bay Paint and Body and are having all of the scratches and dents repaired and repainted. They did the basic work today and we have to take it back tomorrow very early for them to finish. Such nice people. Again, we were impressed. So far all the work that's been done has been on our own and off site. That's fine. I went to the "head water man" and asked him why we could not have water since it was 33 degrees above freezing? He relented and said he would turn it back on. He kept his word. However, it goes off again on Friday and will not be turned back on until next spring when the snowbirds return home. To add to the fun of this service center, they will close down for Christmas from Dec 20th to Jan 7th. No one on site except one office person per day. So, we want out of here ASAP. Then we listened to the weather and heard they expect 3-4 inches of rain on Saturday. I think we were both bummed. So, we decided to go to the Red Bay Christmas parade. Please understand this is a town of 3100 people so you cannot expect a Macy's parade. Still, it was fun. I did not have much luck with pictures, but I will still share a couple with you.
I believe this was possibly an H3 with an axle added to the front. Then they put a barrel on the front and did a little work to turn this into an adorable little train complete with a ringing bell and 3 cars pulled behind it. It was really cute. On second thought, I'm not really sure what it was.
This building façade is fake but still nice. It is in front of a business on main street. People were having their pictures made in front of it. In most big cities this would not be allowed. But people in rural Alabama are not afraid of showing their faith. In fact the best float in the parade was from a Missionary Baptist Church. It was truly fabulous and had lots of kids, all in red velvet, on it. And they were shouting "Merry Christmas". It was great.
The biggest shock of all is when the Red Bay fire trucks brought up the end of the parade. They had four enormous fire trucks. I mean big trucks and big $$$. It was such a surprise. Oddly they were all black and silver with a red stripe down the side. Good looking trucks. What we did not know is if all of those trucks were manned by volunteers or paid staff. Seriously, either the property taxes are very high in this little town or Bob Tiffin donates generously. Few little cities or towns can match what this little town has in size of trucks. It was a sight to see.
There was a huge spirit of happiness everywhere so it did lift our spirits to go. We were really down but now we are fine. We still hope to be out of here as soon as is humanly possible.
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