Fair Trade

Sunday in Tucson was wet and cold. So very cold! We left 30C San Carlos and eight hours later it was 13C and pouring.

We had an appointment for some warranty work to be completed on the Jayco so we were at Camping World 8:30 Monday morning. We showed them what needed to be completed and were on our way out when we made a quick decision....Adelle stop reading now!

We are now the proud owners of a different 2015 Jayco.

If someone had told us beforehand how difficult it is to trade in a Canadian registered RV that was manufactured and purchased in the USA, I'm not sure we would have made this deal. We started the purchasing procedure at 9:30 and didn't get to our hotel until almost 4:00 with one stop at Homeland Security at the airport and one long, drawn out stop at Arizona Vehicle Licensing. Both places had to see the unit so we dragged that thing all over Tucson.

Homeland Security was the most organized place we have been to in a while. Their only concern was why would we trade in one 2015 Jayco for another 2015 Jayco.

Right now we have some down time so we will do a bit of checking out storage places for the unit next summer. We would rather not have to drive the RV all the way home every summer so are hunting for good, enclosed storage facilities. This year we have to take the RV back as we have to register it in Saskatchewan. Next year!

We take possession at 2:00 today, but it will take a couple of hours to transfer all our stuff from one unit to the other. We plan on driving to Picacho Peak State Park which is less than an hour away, overnighting and then heading to Parker, Arizona tomorrow. Emerald Canyon Golf Course here we come. Doug and Lenore will remember this course.

Our route home has to be changed somewhat because the crossing at Havre doesn't complete the paper work on importation of trailers. We believe we have to cross at Coutts, something we haven't done in years. The line ups should scare me, but after the Mexican-USA line ups nothing surprises us anymore.