Farewell Crimson Tide

5:00 am came early today and saw us with the RV at the shop by 5:45, waiting for them to open at 6 to start our final (hopefully) repair, the replacement of the slide-out floor. What a job! They never told us what to expect and the first thing we had to do was empty all our cabinets on that slide-out. They removed the cabinets, the sofa, the refrigerator, the built-in table and everything in the way to replace the floor.
  When Nancy heard that they had to move the refrigerator, which was in its own cabinet enclosure, she mentioned to Kenny, the tech, that it was a shame because we were planning on coming back in October to have a residential fridge put in to replace our electric/propane one. We had been given a price for that one which sounded reasonable. He suggested we go to Lowes and look at some while they ripped the place apart, and if we found one, they would put it in for us. It's easier, he explained, to replace it when the floor is out as they just drop it through the opening, rather than, as later, by removing a window for it to fit through.
   Anyway, we went to Lowe's, Home Depot, and an appliance store, but they didn't have in stock what we wanted, black stainless. They could get it if we wanted to wait until Monday, but that wouldn't fly since the floor replacement was already in progress. Also, we were restricted in size since it had to go in an RV rather a home.
  So we went back to Lowe's and got a shiny stainless instead, much nicer than the one we had planned on getting in Red Bay, and the repair shop sent someone over right away to pick it up. It moved us from 12 cubic feet to 22, almost double the size. A cabinet maker created a new cabinet for the new fridge and it looks great. With all the discounts and installation cost, and even though they worked an extra two hours, we saved a bundle, 43% less than we would have paid in Red Bay and saving us a long trip in the process.
  To celebrate the completion of the repair portion of our trip we went to George's Steakhouse, a high rent joint in Sheffield. Then we came back and chatted with Dick and Pat, our neighbors since last week, for an hour. They are from Central Michigan and very nice folks. Tomorrow morning we leave for New Orleans.