The Hodge POD's first trip - R-pod Owners Forum

Beautiful park, Diane.

Your grandsons look just a bit older than mine who are 7 and 4. Our first trip included them too.

Glad to hear everything worked well and thank you for the pictures!

B

Tom and Bette
in our 177 "The Gastropod"

Finally, after driveway camping for several weeks, the Hodge POD went on its first trip not too far from home at Fort Mountain State Park in the northwest Georgia mountains. Most of the family came up for a Memorial Day picnic and two of the grandsons stayed for the night. The grandsons had such a good time cooking hot dogs on the grill, we had to repeat the ritual again at lunch the next day. They said it was the best camping trip ever!

About the trip . . .climbing 8 miles up a winding mountain road I was a little nervous because it was the first time I had towed the pod uphill with my new car (all wheel drive). Long story short, I arrived just fine, set up camp, and everything on the pod worked great. I had practiced a lot and paid attention to the info posted here in the forum. I had a shady spot and no rain was expected so I still have yet to set up the R-Dome.

It was 90+ degrees so I opted out of hiking up to the mysterious stone fort ruins. I'll save that hike for the cooler fall weather. And I say "mysterious" because the fort was built before Columbus, and the Cherokee were not known to have built stone forts. And we do know now that America probably had other European visitors before Columbus. One theory is the fort was built by Prince Madoc of Wales who is believed to have made at least two landings in Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Here's a few pics of what the park looks like . . .

The beach at Fort Mountain Lake - don't know the people in the photo!

Grandsons in the lake

Campsite

Grandsons in Campsite. The "Hodge-PODge" graphics are by Iamsmonk (from this forum).

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Snowbound Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270	Topic: The Hodge POD's first trip Posted: 01 Jun 2011 at 8:45pm
	Beautiful park, Diane. Your grandsons look just a bit older than mine who are 7 and 4. Our first trip included them too. Glad to hear everything worked well and thank you for the pictures! B
	Tom and Bette in our 177 "The Gastropod"

tdrace Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2010 Location: Florida Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 01 Jun 2011 at 8:39pm
	Very nice! Looks like a great campground! Super Pictures! I am glad all went well.
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Hodge-PODge Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Location: Calhoun, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 539	Posted: 01 Jun 2011 at 8:12pm
	Finally, after driveway camping for several weeks, the Hodge POD went on its first trip not too far from home at Fort Mountain State Park in the northwest Georgia mountains. Most of the family came up for a Memorial Day picnic and two of the grandsons stayed for the night. The grandsons had such a good time cooking hot dogs on the grill, we had to repeat the ritual again at lunch the next day. They said it was the best camping trip ever! About the trip . . .climbing 8 miles up a winding mountain road I was a little nervous because it was the first time I had towed the pod uphill with my new car (all wheel drive). Long story short, I arrived just fine, set up camp, and everything on the pod worked great. I had practiced a lot and paid attention to the info posted here in the forum. I had a shady spot and no rain was expected so I still have yet to set up the R-Dome. It was 90+ degrees so I opted out of hiking up to the mysterious stone fort ruins. I'll save that hike for the cooler fall weather. And I say "mysterious" because the fort was built before Columbus, and the Cherokee were not known to have built stone forts. And we do know now that America probably had other European visitors before Columbus. One theory is the fort was built by Prince Madoc of Wales who is believed to have made at least two landings in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Here's a few pics of what the park looks like . . . The beach at Fort Mountain Lake - don't know the people in the photo! Grandsons in the lake Campsite Grandsons in Campsite. The "Hodge-PODge" graphics are by Iamsmonk (from this forum).
	2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it."