Coon Dog Cemetery

Now that we are "in the bays," as it is called here when you have reached your goal of having work being done daily on your rig until all your problems are fixed or you run out of money, I have come to a realization. This is not fun. Oh yes, the people in the campground are very nice, as are the service techs, but oh the up-at-5:00 am days and the scream-inducing boredom of sitting in a waiting room while inane TV shows play for hours in the background is sheer torture.

So today we bugged out for a couple of hours.

Two days ago the "check engine" light on the Honda CR-V came on, so off we drove this morning to Florence, AL  to find a Honda Service Center.

Yes, we fled the Tiffin Service Center waiting room to find the Honda one. Fortunately, the light was a result of our gas cap having been improperly replaced at our last fill up, so it took the tech maybe 60 seconds to diagnose and correct the problem. I didn't even have a chance to check out the waiting room to see if there were doughnuts, it was that fast.

So we went for breakfast at Shoneys, who served us some delightful omelettes. And grits, which I just don't get. But then I'm a Northerner, so that's ok.

On our way back to Tiffin we saw the sign for the Coon Dog Cemetery. Now, everyone who has service work goes to visit the Coon Dog Cemetery, and for a very good reason.

There is really very little to do around here, for miles and miles. So of course we had to see this place!

Only bona-fide, certified, guar-an-teed genuine coon dogs are buried in this cemetery.

We resisted the urge to burn something.

It was a very pretty place, filled with memorials and plastic flowers. People place pennies on the headstones when they visit. And sometimes leashes.

In the background of the third photo you will see an outhouse. Which has not been cleaned out in years, obviously, even though people must keep using it because the contents are almost at the top of the wooden seat. I decided I could wait until we got back to use the facilities.

Progress is being made on our repairs. We have a new faucet in the kitchen, a new shower head and towel racks without rust, latch on the fridge, working surround sound, and a new regulator for the water heater. They also started on the bodywork repairs from our tire blowout last November.

I finished up the two eyeball hats for granddaughters Quinn and Eve, and will mail them out on Thursday.

Tomorrow is another early day. But, yay, we are getting closer to being done!