Truck Repair and Memphis BBQ

Monday, June 10

Today, we were supposed to head to Nashville, but due to the truck issues, we opted to stay an extra day and get it to someone to have it checked.

Tony got up extra early, and headed over to the transmission shop. He took local community roads, so as not to get on the highway with the strange noise. After a bit, he called to tell me the bad news, we needed a new transfer case, and all of the transfer case lubricant was gone. If we had let it go, it may have seized up and caused real damage. It apparently is a known issue with GM trucks of that era, the parts inside can eventually rub a pinhole into the case. The repair guy was nice and took Tony back to the RV park, since he had to go out and get the part at the GM dealer anyway. So, we took it easy and didn't do too much all day. About 3PM, we got the call that the truck was ready. The repair guy came and picked Tony up, and he retured shortly after. Ouch, that was expensive, but glad to know it was a fairly easy fix and not too much of an interruption to our trip.

About 5pm, we decided to head over to Marlowe's Ribs, a famous rib joint on Elvis Presley Blvd. They even offer to bring you to the restaurant, free of charge, in a pink Cadillac limo! We chose to drive ourselves, but did see many folks arriving by limo. 

While we were exploring and testing the truck repair, Tony took me down Elvis Presley Blvd. until we crossed into Mississippi! Then we went back to the restaurant. You can't miss the restaruant, there is an old airstream-style trailer our front, painted up like a GIANT PIG.

Piggy trailer!

Tony says, "nice rack!"

We had a really good meal of Memphis style baby-back ribs, with green beans and corn fritters and fried okra. 

After we got back to the coach, we went for another walk around the park, then started packing up what we could in anticipation of departure tomorrow.