Out With the Old

I talked to Rio's breeder on Friday and she said he probably won't be ready to come home for two and a half more weeks, so around June 7^th. That is actually perfect, because Dan is going out of town on the 9^th, so I took the 10^th through the 12^th off work. I will have five entire days to bond with him.

We picked up our camper on Tuesday afternoon and it was quite an adventure. We got to the storage lot and after Dan got parked, he had trouble getting the jacks to lower on one side. After a call to the guy who sold us our camper, we got it figured out and everything worked out. Dan said the truck did fine pulling it, but he was a bit concerned about going any great distance because we do not have a large safety cushion on the weight our truck can pull. The experts recommend pulling several thousand pounds below capacity, and we were too close for comfort. I started looking at other trucks, but there were not a lot of adequate trucks around. Dan found one that he thought would work, so Friday after I got off work we went to a Dodge dealership and talked to a sales guy. We told him our situation and he recommended a truck with a different transmission that was capable of pulling over 20,000 pounds. He then asked us about what exactly we were looking for regarding amenities, and after we told him what we would like to have, he recommended a Ram 3500 with at least the Longhorn package, which is nice but not quite as nice as the one he showed us and let Dan test drive, which was a Laramie. I would have been ok with the less expensive Longhorn, but Dan really liked the Laramie, which has heated and cooled leather seats, dual comfort controls, and a nice navigation and stereo system.

After we decided we wanted that particular trim package, we sat down to crunch numbers, which is always so much fun. They gave us a trade-in estimate for the F 350 and it was way better than we were expecting, so we said that we were ready to have them look for a truck that worked. He asked what color we wanted and we said we weren't too particular but I told him I'm partial to red. They found two red ones and one was in Louisiana, so they went to pick it up and today we picked it up from the dealership.

I also got new pictures of Rio tonight. He is starting to look so grown up. Just a couple more weeks. :)