We arrived in Red Bay on Monday afternoon about 5PM Central time, having driven down from Louisville, KY after "The Rally". We are here to have the motorhome serviced before we head back up to Massachusetts.
Shortly after we arrived a thunderstorm moved in from the south. During the height of the storm we noticed that the motorhome was engulfed in the heavy rain, but the sun was shining through the windows on the north side, which seemed strange because lightning and thunder was all around us, as well. The storm passed before the sun set, but we had heavy rain showers the rest of the night. By morning, the campground was all mud and deep puddles. The good news is that the leak we had repaired last month is holding.
Yesterday, Tuesday, we traveled into Mississippi for lunch (about 5.5 miles west). We ate at a little cafe in Belmont, MS. The food and the prices were great! We had time to do this because the way the service works here, if they do not call you by 11:30AM, you are not on the list that day. We came in here with no appointment, so we have to wait for what they refer to as "Express Service", where they assign two technicians to work on your problems for three hours. Whatever they can get repaired in the three hours from your "list" is what gets done. Fortunately, we do not have many things on our "list". The main problem we have is no dash A/C. If they can resolve that problem within the three hours, we will leave happy!
This morning, they came to our coach to let us know that we will most likely get into the Express Service bay tomorrow noon. Knowing that we would not have to move the coach today, we used the time to do some exploring in the area. Last night we met a couple from Kansas, who are also vendors at shows. They were also up in Louisville at "The Rally", but we did not get to meet them there. Anyway, I spent most of last night sitting outside talking with Gene, while Kathy spent the time in our coach with Sheila. Sheila wanted to purchase some of our dip mixes, since she never got a chance to visit our booth at the show. While talking to them, we found out about a couple of places which should be on our "must visit" list while here in Red Bay. One place is called "Swamp John's Restaurant", which we did go to for lunch this afternoon.
The restaurant is located in an old gas station which has been converted into a restaurant (the pumps are still standing in front of the place). The food was excellent, and very affordable! The menu consists of sandwiches of all types, from BLTs to 'burgers and pulled pork, etc.; and plates of BBQ Pork, Chicken and catfish. If you "google" "swamp johns restaurant", you will be able to read a review of this restaurant, which has 2 other locations. The other place of interest we visited was the "Coon Dog Cemetery", which is located in Colbert County in Alabama. 
If you click the link, you will be directed to the home page for this tourist attraction. This is the only cemetery of its kind in the world, and ONLY Coon Dogs can be interred here. We looked at some of the 185 or so grave markers and found that lots of dogs came from other states and other parts of Alabama. Be sure to check the link to this unique attraction. It has a very interesting history.That's it for this edition of the Chuckwagon Journal. If we get our repairs done tomorrow, we will be heading home either late tomorrow afternoon, or on Friday AM. Be sure to check back here after for updated postings.
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