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olga1913

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Topic: New Alaska 179 Owners
Posted: 27 Jul 2017 at 8:03pm

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Posted: 27 Jul 2017 at 8:03pm

Sounds great, we also have a solar panel. Can't wait to get up there!

olga1913

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Posted: 27 Jul 2017 at 4:27pm

We fit two adults, my 11 year old daughter and two large breed dogs in the 179 with little problem. It is all perspective as we are long time tent campers and are used to using space. The dogs slept in the pod. The lab on the queen bed between our feet and the newfie with my daughter. We traveled with two dog beds for the floor of the pod but they were never used...you know how that goes. The newfie would work my daughter and her sleeping bag like a Pushup ice cream treat. She would lay at the bottom of the sleeping bag until the kid went to sleep and then re-position herself during the night further up the bag until the kid woke up without covers and plenty of company.

As far as an itinerary it would be impossible to get a read from ours. We drove from Haines to Anchorage before we bought the trailer and then revisited some of our of haunts with the pod. We did travel on all of the marginal highways and avoided all of the popular tourist destinations. We live in a tourist town and are fortunate enough to travel and avoid the huge numbers when we travel. We visited friends and family as well as staying in several locations where we previously tent camped. The wildfires in BC and the associated road closures changed our pace and routes.

Haines-Anchorage-Cantwell-Tok-Dawson, YT,-Silver Trai into Keno City, YT, Cassier to Sea to Sky (99) an into Vancouver-Hope-Merrit-Hyder/Stewart-Carrier again to Whitehorse-Atlin, Haines Junction-Destruction Bay-Haines Junction to Haines and then on a ferry to Sitka. Routes and destinations changed with morning ideas, wildfires and remembrances. We were often on old mining turnouts and borrow pits. Traveled with a 120 solar panel and watched our fresh/grey/black levels. Plugged in when when we needed a distraction, dump, or internet. Big country.

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Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 5:04pm

Oh yes my wife wants to know if BOTH dogs sleep inside the Rpod. We will probably acquire an "auxiliary" dog later this year after losing our beloved aussie so wonder how well two dogs fit with two people!

Leo B

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Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 9:38am

Welcome !! Great pictures!!

Leo & Melissa Bachand
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YODT

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Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 8:45am

Beautiful pics! I'd love to get a copy of your itinerary, we want to take ours to BC and as far as Fairbanks at least.

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Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 9:19pm

Looks like you had a great time. Congratulations.

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Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 5:01pm

Beautiful pictures!

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Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 3:59pm

Sounds like a wonderful adventure! Beautiful pictures...

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olga1913

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Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 3:47pm

8 weeks and 8.000 miles in Alaska, Yukon and BC. Bought the trailer new in Anchorage. Rough experience. Long time tent campers. My wife and I, daughter Rie (11), Freya the newfie and and Oden the lab. The Denali Highway, Talkeetna Spur, Top of the World Highway, The Silver Trail, The Cassiar 2X, and 47 miles of forest service evacuation 'road'. BC wildfires. The trailer did well but left us with MANY winter projects. I look forward to reading her and learning from the board.

Trip images.

Bruce

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olga1913 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2017 Location: Sitka, AK Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Topic: New Alaska 179 Owners Posted: 27 Jul 2017 at 8:03pm


YODT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Feb 2017 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 31	Posted: 27 Jul 2017 at 8:03pm
	Sounds great, we also have a solar panel. Can't wait to get up there!

olga1913 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2017 Location: Sitka, AK Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 27 Jul 2017 at 4:27pm
	We fit two adults, my 11 year old daughter and two large breed dogs in the 179 with little problem. It is all perspective as we are long time tent campers and are used to using space. The dogs slept in the pod. The lab on the queen bed between our feet and the newfie with my daughter. We traveled with two dog beds for the floor of the pod but they were never used...you know how that goes. The newfie would work my daughter and her sleeping bag like a Pushup ice cream treat. She would lay at the bottom of the sleeping bag until the kid went to sleep and then re-position herself during the night further up the bag until the kid woke up without covers and plenty of company. As far as an itinerary it would be impossible to get a read from ours. We drove from Haines to Anchorage before we bought the trailer and then revisited some of our of haunts with the pod. We did travel on all of the marginal highways and avoided all of the popular tourist destinations. We live in a tourist town and are fortunate enough to travel and avoid the huge numbers when we travel. We visited friends and family as well as staying in several locations where we previously tent camped. The wildfires in BC and the associated road closures changed our pace and routes. Haines-Anchorage-Cantwell-Tok-Dawson, YT,-Silver Trai into Keno City, YT, Cassier to Sea to Sky (99) an into Vancouver-Hope-Merrit-Hyder/Stewart-Carrier again to Whitehorse-Atlin, Haines Junction-Destruction Bay-Haines Junction to Haines and then on a ferry to Sitka. Routes and destinations changed with morning ideas, wildfires and remembrances. We were often on old mining turnouts and borrow pits. Traveled with a 120 solar panel and watched our fresh/grey/black levels. Plugged in when when we needed a distraction, dump, or internet. Big country.

YODT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Feb 2017 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 31	Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 5:04pm
	Oh yes my wife wants to know if BOTH dogs sleep inside the Rpod. We will probably acquire an "auxiliary" dog later this year after losing our beloved aussie so wonder how well two dogs fit with two people!

Leo B Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518	Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 9:38am
	Welcome !! Great pictures!!
	Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171

YODT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Feb 2017 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 31	Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 8:45am
	Beautiful pics! I'd love to get a copy of your itinerary, we want to take ours to BC and as far as Fairbanks at least.

StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6417	Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 9:19pm
	Looks like you had a great time. Congratulations.
	StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS

bigbearcraig Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10 Dec 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 5:01pm
	Beautiful pictures!

M&M Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 19 May 2016 Location: Middletown, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 80	Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 3:59pm
	Sounds like a wonderful adventure! Beautiful pictures...
	2017 179 "Big Sexy" 2012 Honda Pilot

olga1913 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2017 Location: Sitka, AK Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 3:47pm
	8 weeks and 8.000 miles in Alaska, Yukon and BC. Bought the trailer new in Anchorage. Rough experience. Long time tent campers. My wife and I, daughter Rie (11), Freya the newfie and and Oden the lab. The Denali Highway, Talkeetna Spur, Top of the World Highway, The Silver Trail, The Cassiar 2X, and 47 miles of forest service evacuation 'road'. BC wildfires. The trailer did well but left us with MANY winter projects. I look forward to reading her and learning from the board. Trip images. Bruce