Why We Are in Red Bay, Alabama?

Well, as most of you know, Bob hit a pole our second day of travel and put a hole in the back side of the motorhome.  I would leave it, if it was up to me, but all the guys we met along the way agreed that Bob was right to want to get it fixed.  Men always stick together. 

We headed out from Indiana and spent Monday night at Glendale Campground in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.  From there we traveled to Point Mallard Park in Decatur, Alabama.  This was a county park, but well maintained and in the heart of the city.  We'd like to come back and spend more time there when we aren't on a timeline.

Finally, Wednesday we arrived at Red Bay, Alabama and settled into Chris Wright's garage.  We had contacted Tiffin Motorhomes to see if they would recommend some place in Goshen, Indiana, but with the poor economy in the area, several of the dealers had closed.  Tiffin recommended we come to Red Bay and work with Chris Wright, who had worked for 14 years for Tiffin and had gone out on his own the last 5 years.

Chris did a great job!  Bob was happy with the repairs and the price. Chris recommended restaurants in Red Bay that were all awesome.  Swamp John's for example a breakfast place.  It lacked a lot in atmosphere being in an old gas station, but the biscuits and omelets were to die for even though they were served on paper plates. They also have catfish on Tuesday nights. He also recommended Gill's Grill, where we had lunch one afternoon and it too was incredible.  We were offered chocolate gravy everywhere we went.  Not being from the south, we thought chocolate gravy was just brown gravy, but Chris explained to us that it was gravy made with chocolate.  We didn't try it but will next time it is offered.  Chris even gave me a recipe for biscuits when he found out that the only biscuits I knew how to make were those that came from a can.   

Here are some pictures of the motorhomes progress. 

 

Chris also recommended a hair salon for me.  In Dallas, Texas, my hair became light alburn, in Branson, Missouri my hair became ash blond and in Red Bay, Alabama my hair became blond with highlights. I was at the salon for 4 hours, but it was the most fun I had in weeks and also very enlightening.  Red Bay is a small company town, Tiffin, where also everyone is related to everyone and 4 hours in a beauty salon can help you to gain historically insight into many of the people and their lives.  I loved every minute and also got a great haircut and color.  Thank you again Chris.