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    Posted: 11 May 2022 at 12:51pm
No flies or mosquitos yet, but the ticks are out.  I had lyme disease a few years ago but was diagnosed early healed!  
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Post Options Post Options   Quote jato Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 May 2022 at 10:28am
Looks like a great place!  Any black flies out?  They just hatched yesterday here in northern Michigan.  If they have hatched, what do you use to keep them off?
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Finally a maiden voyage to Lake Auburn Campground in Carver Park Reserve near Victoria, MN!  Great place adjacent to paved bike paths, Lowery Nature Center, hiking trails & a single track for mountain biking!  2013 F150, 5.0 
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Snow on the ground this morning.  19 degrees & 30mph wind!  A balmy 31 now with high 50's later next week....can't wait!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote jato Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Apr 2022 at 2:15pm
What no snow?  Anyway, lookin' good in the neighborhood.  Heat wave @ 44 degrees here in northern Michigan, and the ice is going away on Torch Lake as I write this, due to the 30+ mph winds.
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Finally out of the pole barn & washed on a 50 degree day!  De-winterize when we get a week above freezing Cool  Have had a few cups of Joe to test it out.  Can't wait to hit the road!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote lostagain Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 1:46pm
We crossed the Rockies on i-80 last year in late April and ran into about 20 hours of temps around 10 - 18℉.  The bottom of the trailer is enclosed with a so called "Arctic Package" and has a small heater duct blowing warm air into the tank area.  We kept the furnace set around 60℉ while we were in those temperatures traveling and a little warmer when we stopped for the night.  The only thing that froze were the low point valves and the little bit of pipe sticking out under the trailer where the valves were attached.  As soon as we got into Nebraska and hit above freezing temps, the valves thawed out and were not damaged.  

I had checked he forecast before we crossed and it was supposed to be warmer, but in that part of the country, forecasts have a pretty wide margin of error.  We were fortunate not to have damaged anything, but at least now I know that we can deal with temperatures colder than we would have dared in our 172.  Since our Sonoma is a FR product, I imagine they construct the 190 enclosed bottoms similarly.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote poston Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 1:38pm
Originally posted by BuffaloRP178

This will be new to us as we've been canoeing & camping with tents in the BWCA for years.  

We moved from tent camping to the Rpod also.  What a step up in luxury!

My sister lives in Buffalo.  We visited with the Rpod, and got our tires rotated at Lake Region Coop.  Great service!


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Post Options Post Options   Quote BuffaloRP178 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 1:14pm
My 62 years of living in MN & experiencing freezing pipes lends me to you go with your hard to believe theory & experience over the sales guy talk.  Wink

Better safe than sorry.  Upper 40's in MN now so feeling we're getting closer to a maiden voyage!!  We're also aware of the reality of it being mid-March in MN. Big smile 
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