Well today I went over and picked up the Trek; will try it out tomorrow on my own turf when the wind dies down.
For some reason felt very different about it today. The salesman that helped me just seemed very relaxed and confident and the bike looked really good. When he changed the stem to a shorter one and lowered the seat a bit it also felt good! After leaving my name and phone number (don't you just love Maine?) they let me load it into my vehicle and I told them I would probably bring it back tomorrow evening. Fine. No problem. Plan to take it on my usual run.