We've Found Our Moose

We knew we were getting close.
Yesterday, we arrived.
We have purchased our first motorhome.

Yes, folks, Bullwinkle has been found!

On the first official day of Summer, and the hottest day in some time around these parts, we decided to make one more "sweep" in our RV shopping. If everything worked out, we were ready to buy.

We started the day stopping by one dealer's RV show. We'd stopped by this dealer early on in our shopping. They were very hands-off in that visit, which we appreciated. Now, they had a model we wanted to give a serious look. At the show, we told the lovely gentleman who met us with his golf cart that we were looking for a little Class A. (We told a little white lie and said we really hadn't done much looking.) He asked about what RVing we'd done in the past and what he had planned for the future. Lo and behold, the second model he showed us was the one we had come to see. (That was some kind of match!) We liked it...a lot. There was an accessory here or there that wasn't our favorite. But, we were still loving all the basics about it. This one could work.

We bid farewell to the helpful man who brought us one step closer to taking the big step. We needed to do a bit more thinking. More importantly, we needed to find a storage space. So, we cruised across town to a new storage spot we'd found online and checked it out for real. It could definitely work.

As we approached the easy freeway access from the storage area, we thought for a moment or two about which way to go. Do we head home or make another stop on our RV sweep? We opted for the latter.

An hour later we arrived at the dealer with the two friendly and most helpful sales guys. We wanted to make this stop for two reasons. First, they had a comparable model we hadn't yet looked at and really wanted to. And, second, these guys had been so helpful we wanted to give them a fair shot at our business. We told them what we came to see and they graciously obliged in the 100-degree-plus heat.

At first glance, we were pretty sure this was the one. When we stepped in, we knew it. It had absolutely everything we wanted. Everything! We checked it out from front to back and top to bottom. Then, we went for a test drive. We were sold. A bit of negotiating and signing our names in a few places, and the deal was done.

We're picking it up Thursday or Friday.

Suddenly, we have a lot to do!!!!!