November 21, 2008

Woke up. It was cold, very cold. Woke up. It was still cold. Woke up. Jerry turned on the heater. Made coffee and tea. We discussed "Tinkle’s" incontinent problem and decided to ask for outside help. Our camp host, Ron, directed us to Cobb and Son.
As we made our way through the back roads of Alabama we admired the land. Homes and farms. The farm fields giving way after each hill, they were rolling hills. Some had cows laying about chewing their cud watching their calves others had bulls chewing their cud watching cows!
Alabama has some roadwork going on. Four lanes are popping up everywhere and if that is not enough, they are paving their back roads. If our roads were as nice as their back roads before paving, we would be very happy. I looks like Alabama is doing very well. Nice roads.
Well finally, Cobb and Son RV Repair. They were pretty busy, but kept telling us they would be with us soon. That was nice, most places tend to ignore you until you leave! It wasn’t a long wait until Jerry was out in our little "Tinkle" looking into the intimate parts of her anatomy, poking, jiggling and pulling at things. I stayed in the waiting room. I could feel her embarrassment.
I finally moved out to the truck to be just a wee bit closer. Every time the truck jumped I would peek out the side view mirror to see someone running in with a piece or running out. I feared the worse. I was fixated on the mirror. In and out, she was attached to a hose. Jerry watching. Was that fear in his eyes? As he exited Tinkle, head down, walking toward the passenger door, I knew that this was it. He opened the door and held part of Tinkle’s body. It was her shut off valve! It had a crack and that was causing the leak. "I know how she feels." I thought.
As they were replacing the valve, Rick, ran out and went for another part. There was a crack in another valve. Jerry was very good about keeping me well informed about her progress. Before I know it the hose was removed, Jerry was smiling and Rick looked like a very proud person. Tinkle was fixed.
We can continue on with our vacation. On the way back from Cobb and Son we went to the Eufaula Wildlife Management area. We asked about birds and what was flying in the area. We were told not much. We drove around and they were right, not much. They did say later in December there would be more. We decided to leave Florence Marina in the morning and hope to stay in December. We had spaghetti for dinner and I put extra garlic on the toast! We very seldom have a 5 o’clock happy hour, but this was a special day.