Thinking about buying a B

I always intended to make a follow-up post but busy, busy, busy. My last post said there was an Era in Albuquerque. Not so. There were no Eras in New Mexico so we went to Mesa, AZ. We drove their Era, I approved of that, but it was so filthy, and it had a vibration, so we didn't buy it. Meanwhile, a fine fellow that had made posts on this thread connected me to a dealership in Forest City, IA. We stuck was seemed to be a fair to good deal and we gave them a deposit. We then returned to NM for a week of doctor visits and then departed for FC, IA. After we left NM it rained on us all the way there. After purchasing the Era we asked them to keep it overnight because of the freezing temperatures. The next day we started a 12 day dodge of rain and freezing temps. We used an ipad and weatherbug to keep us out of trouble but eventually gave up and just drove to northern Alabama to see our son. It rained all the way. The Era does not leak. Many RV parks were closed due to flooding along our route. I should mention that we could not drive immediately back to NM because we had left our towable Suzuki in Forest City. In between storm fronts we dashed back to Forest City, had a couple of concerns addressed, hooked up the Suzuki and started south as it started snowing. Now we had been driving in quite a bit of wind from time to time and the Era had done very well. But, towing the Suzuki we encountered steady crosswinds of 30mph with gusts over 50mph (in Kansas, wouldn't you know). I would have parked the class A I had several years ago but we kept going. We eventually pulled into a almost full RV park that evening and the manager said RVs had been checking in all day to get out of the wind. So the Era pulled the Suzuki just fine, except for a few violent jerks when we encountered bumps. We don't intend to pull the Suzuki. We just had to pull it this time to get it home. ... Why did we get the Era? Both DW and I agreed the 190 or 210 we had intended to get were just a little too small for us. The Era 70a is a little longer than I wanted but it has a "comfortable" living area and a really nice storage area under the twin beds. Now, if we can just keep from overloading it!! My only complaint: the overhead AC/heatpump is noisy. My favorite: it drives very well. DW needs more padding on the beds and we are experimenting with bedding (too bad Travasaks is no more...) As soon as DW passes a kidney stone we will explore Southwest New Mexico. After that, we'll head out to see our sons in Alabama and Florida.