Up and running at 5:30, got showers and was at service bay just before 7:00. We decided to take the Tiffin Factory Tour this morning and it starts at 9:30 at the visitor's center which is a few blocks away from the RV Park. We went in the customer lounge to wait until time to drive over for tour. We meet such nice people in the lounge and everyone visits while waiting for service work. There are people from all over US and Canada here having service done.
We drove over to the Tiffin Visitor's Center and had an amazing tour of the factory. Tiffin builds all their own cabinetry for every coach and they mostly use cherry wood. It was so interesting to watch them cutting, sanding and actually assembling the cabinetry and each coach get a specific design so there is many different sizes, shapes and stains going on throughout the shop. We then went through one building where they were building and wiring the chaseys and depending on which model of Tiffin they are building depends on the chasey style. Tiffin builds about 5 different models and each is in various lengths from 34 to 45 ft motor homes.
We continued on the tour to another building where they take the chasey and assemble the pretty much the entire home from the inside out. They build the floor, install the cabinetry, all the plumbing and fixtures for bath and kitchen and as it continues on down the assembly, the walls and outer shell and roof are placed. Basically by the time it comes off of this line it is ready for the paint shop which is in Belmont, AL, about 20 miles from Red Bay.
They told us we could visit the paint shop anytime we'd like and we had several Tiffin Owner's tell us it is a wonderful experience to visit. We planned on driving over to Belmont after our factory tour but came back to RV Park to check on progress of service and found everyone was at lunch and our motor home was setting outside. We assumed it was finished but no one was available to check so we drove about 4 miles out of Red Bay to Swamp John's for lunch. We were told by several people, including our tour guide this morning how wonderful the food was.
We stopped to fill up with gas at a station just outside of town and the Indian owner was very angry with me as I dumped my ashtray in his trash container outside and set it on fire. He was such a jerk I wanted to tell him to get over it or pack it up and go home to India so we could pay an American to run the station. I really get sick of the U.S. Government catering to everyone but our own American business owners! It doesn't matter where we travel we find the Indians own all the motels and gas stations and they act like they begrudge we the American customers-- Don't get me started on this subject is all I have to say.
Anyway, after starting the fire, we drove on down the road and found Swamp Johns and it was packed with the lunch crowd. They had a buffet today including fish, frog legs, shrimp and chicken. Larry had a couple of frog legs and fish fillets and I had fish and a few shrimp. The fish was to die for and I wished I would have just had the fish as I could have enjoyed only the fish without all the sides but it was a wonderful meal. We will diffently return on our next trip to Red Bay!
Went back to RV Park and they had pulled the motor home back into the service bay when we arrived, When Larry checked with them they said they were almost done. When they finished with the service, we loaded the car and hit the road. We drove until about 7:00 tonight and stopped in Lonoke, AR. which is about 20 east of Little Rock.
We are making good use of about 6 parking spaces at the local Walmart tonight. We have the Gen Set running and the furnace cooking as it is extremely cold here tonight. Arizona here we come but not as soon as we had planned!
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