10:30 p.m.  this top is finished.  Still have to square it up as the process doesn't square it up as you add the rows.  Actually this is one where I like the real thing much better than the picture.  :)

Jerry started the day before 7 headed for the service center and waited in line to put our name in for the service on the coach.  He was back at the camper by about 8:30.  He was to go back about 11:40 to check to see when we might get in.  At 11:40 we went over and found out we are to check in with them at 9:10 on Tuesday morning to see how far away our next check- n time might be.  There are three others ahead of us that had 8 o'clock check back times for Tuesday. 

We went on the factory tour this morning from 9-11.  It was interesting.  The under roof facilities are huge.  We found out they form the plastic parts right here and keep the molds for older years in case they need to make one (holding tanks, showers, etc.).  The cabinets are all made here and it was cool to see them hanging in the factory on the way to the different lines that were producing several models of motor homes.  We saw the plant receiving some of the Mercedes frames/motors while we were on the tour.  We saw a roof being brought down to be placed on a class A.  We saw how the sides and roof are put together and rolled to make sure they "stick".  We also spent some time watching flooring going into a class C.  They say on average it takes 1 1/2 days for a unit to go through the production line. 

Jerry stayed at the coach and I went to town, oh about five blocks away. :)  I went to the Quilted Forest here in Forest City, IA.  The shop is the home of Pieced Tree Patterns, the little laminated quilt pattern cards that sell for about 3.50 rather than the other much higher more detailed designs. ( I had bought a pattern in Lethbridge, CA thinking I was getting something Canadian.....and then saw it was from Forest City, where Winnebago is).  Today I found a couple patterns, a little bit of material, and looked at a whole lot of very nice samples that were everywhere in the shop.  The picture above is my top based on Jelly Jive.  It should be 50 X 60 when I get it finished.  I will square it up and quilt it when I get home  I don't have the large cutting board that will make squaring it up much easier and also more likely to simulate square rather than wavy edges.    I had some of the fabric with me but much of it I bought here today.

Anyway, I came back to the coach and Jerry said it was still too hot for him to go golfing.  So I read a little and then I pulled out the last quilt square pattern that I got in our first stop in MO.  I cut out the pieces and tried to sew them together but found I had cut 2 of 4 pieces in reverse rather than right side.....so I cut that material up into 2 1/2 squares and picked up my bag from today and the rest is history.  So I started and finished this one in maybe six or seven hours.  I would have quit and finished it tomorrow but on the off chance they find a spot for us tomorrow I wanted to be able to put all the sewing stuff away early in the morning.

If they have the coach during the day tomorrow I am thinking about returning to Country Threads and sitting and petting the kitties,  I might do a little more looking at material while I am there too.  :)

I hope the weather is a little cooler tomorrow so Jerry can try out the course here.  The write-ups make it sound fairly good.

Anyway no real pictures today.  No cameras in the plant so I had put the camera away and forgot to get it out again,

Oh yes, Gene Brooks should be proud of me, I finally got the car washed.  You would find it hard to believe how bad it was.  It was so dusty it was hard to determine the color.  I wasn't looking for the car wash but it was on the block behind the quilt store!  So I had to stop as I went by.

Take care all. We are on hold here in Winnebago's Visitor Parking Lot in Forest City, IA.
Hope to see you later this week.