Yes I have been delinquent in posting. I have been super busy with work and the family.
On Friday, Jesse and Chris got a special treat to go camping with friends overnight. Mike and I joined them for dinner, swimming, and dancing.
Mike and I didn’t really think that Jesse would stay when we left. Boy were we wrong. She actually wasn’t happy when we came to pick her up the following morning.
The girls had such a good time that we joined them again for dinner on Saturday night. Other friends were staying in the campground too, and we joined them to roast hot dogs and marshmallows. We had such a blast that Mike and I decided to get a camper. The girls have had to live a bit in a bubble for the last year and half because we feared Jesse getting sicker. 
On Sunday we made a big mistake. We went to Dixie RV in Newport News to look at trailers. All of us were extremely excited and let our emotions rule our heads. We put a deposit on one contingent with a credit check. Mike also wanted one that his truck could comfortable pull it as well.
On Monday he checked with our dealer and found out that his truck could haul it, but we would only be able to carry 200lbs more of luggage and people. And to top it off if we had water in the tanks, it would be too much for us to be comfortable with.
He called Dixie RV and asked them to cancel because we weren’t comfortable with that weight on his truck. At first they were very nice saying they would return our deposit. Then the sales lady called us. Instead of offering to help us find a trailer that Mike could use his truck with comfortably, she got crappy. Telling him that my suburban was listed as the primary vehicle and they would not refund the $500 deposit.
Mike lost his temper and did say some words he shouldn’t have. But called them and apologized. He then drove there to get a copy of the contract we signed saying that we wouldn’t get the $500 back. Then the finance lady retracted the statement about my suburban being the primary vehicle. She offered to allow us to buy another trailer from the lot and we could use the $500 towards that, which incidentally “they never allow anyone to do that.”
Interestingly enough the contract does say that if our credit was bad we’d get the $500 back… and they never ran the credit check so they really don’t know what our credit is like…but in all honesty we should have read the contract and not let the excitement of giving our girls the chance to live outside the bubble…
Needless to say we are all really upset by this incident. One for being stupid and signing something like that and two for them not being ethical. I don’t write this post for anyone to pity us, because this was our stupidity. I write this post as a warning.
I also have learned in the last few days that the starter kit of hoses that they charge $199 for, is really about a $40 value. And other places include it… I find that really interesting. Believe me I have no intention of ever doing business with them. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.