Changes...

Ever since we got the new upgraded horse trailer, we've realized that we really needed to consider upgrading our truck.  The rear end in our 3/4 ton truck was on its last leg.. who knows, maybe the leg would last another year, maybe not!  But with the added weight of the new trailer (which we could definately feel when pulling it) it was more likely to be sooner and not later that the truck break down..  so upgrade trucks is what we did.

Welcome to the family our 2010 crew cab F350

I always go into stress mode and slight anxiety mode when we buy a new vehicle.. not sure what that is about or why I do that, but I do..  This is a NICE truck!! more bells and whistles than we've ever had on any vehicle and it has a few more miles than I wanted to find in a truck, BUT we really dont plan to drive it much and with the crappy mpg it gets, wont drive it more than necessary, so it should last for many many years..  We got a fair deal on our red truck trading it in and feel we paid a fair price for this one.

We had pulled the camper into the shop this past week to clean it out, get it ready for the camping season.  We had planned to take it to Burke Lk with us this past weekend, but we had some issues that need resolving before we will be taking it anywhere..  Had a leakage issue so it needed drying out as well, also had to replace 2 jacks as one completely broke and the other was on its way..  We now need to decide if we want to patch the problem or tear the whole thing apart and re-furbish the entire camper as Derek has been wanting to do since we bought it.  Its still in good shape, and very usable, but there are features of the camper we dont use and have thought about taking them out and creating more space for us..  So not sure..  maybe we will patch and then sell it so we can upgrade campers too.. heck why not, we've been upgrading everything else these days!!!

The good thing about our upgrades so far is the horse trailer upgrade cost us $0 and this truck trade in upgrade is minimal cost, as it only affected our monthly payment by an amount we were comfortable with.. I have a feeling though that a camper upgrade will not be $0, so it will be something to consider..  Afterall we still need to buy a couple horses in the future..

Speaking of horses, we've put that process on the back burner a bit..  I'm still keeping my eyes and ears open, but not going to stress or go out of my way to look right now.  I'm a bit motivated to get some things done around the place and the only way that will happen is if I dont have a horse to focus on riding!  :)  

I still have Willie and need to get that situation figured out soon....   its been a slow process due to many different circumstances, but I think it is now time to focus on finding him a new home.. wish me luck!