Road trip!

The dealership in San Diego quoted us an MSRP and a "best offer" that were both $10,000 higher than the dealership in Ohio. We have no idea how they came up with such an inflated MSRP given that we asked for the exact same options for a trailer coming from the exact same plant in Indiana. Even factoring in a couple thousand more for destination charges shouldn't result in that much of a difference.

Rather than negotiate with them, we went ahead and ordered from the dealer in Ohio. That's right: We have paid our deposit, and should be the owners of new wheel estate in just a few short weeks! Right now they're estimating the middle of August.

Now I get to start planning our road trip to Cincinnati. In case you're wondering, we don't have to go pick up the trailer. The dealer will deliver it to us, but we can get there ourselves for less. Plus we want to have them install the hitch on the truck, make sure everything lines up, and make sure the trailer is as we ordered it before we get it 3,000 miles away.

Driving that far with two little kids will be a challenge, but it will also give us all a taste of what we're in for.

Meanwhile, I have been cleaning the house all day so our real estate agent can come take pictures this weekend.