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Snowbound
Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270 |
Topic: New RPod Owner in New Mexico Posted: 24 May 2011 at 6:00pm |
Hi Margobun,
Welcome from us here in Edmonton.
We just took our pod and dome out for its first real test on our Victoria day long weekend. Regarding the dome, we had it up in under 15 minutes in spite of having to check the instructions a couple of times. It was worth its weight in gold as far as I am concerned.
Mosquitoes were bad in the evening and it kept them out. The dogs soon learned they would not be bitten on their big snoots inside the dome. The dogs are both bigger than an cocker spaniel and smaller than a shepherd. (One is our Sally and the other belongs to our kids who were camping beside us.) Sally can be told "stay in the tent" and she will, but we kept a long leash on Kala who is a runner when she gets loose.
The sun was really bright Sunday morning so we lowered the front flaps to keep it shadier inside until about noon when we rolled them up. At 8 p.m. we lowered those flaps and zipped up everything when the storm hit...Sally stayed outside in the "tent" (she knows that word) while Kala and the four adults went inside to play Tri-ominoes for a couple of hours. It rained all night which we did not mind as Alberta is a tinder box this spring. In the morning we cooked pancakes on the Coleman stove in the dome with the upper front flaps open and the eaters sitting inside the pod nice and dry at the table. Inside the dome was still surprisingly dry too with just a couple of trickles across the ground.
I am really glad we bought it and we will put it up anytime we are staying for more than just over night. Regarding your dogs, I think it would be okay to keep them in if you were there with them. If you went out they could figure out how to get out in a few seconds. Our dogs actually asked to go in one afternoon (mosquitoes) and the other afternoon our grandson, age four, had a two hour nap in there on his air mattress as their tent was too hot and grandpa was napping in the Pod. So that is how it worked for us. We were really pleased with the whole set-up except for mileage
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Tom and Bette
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margobun
Newbie Joined: 21 May 2011 Location: New Mexico Online Status: Offline Posts: 26 |
Posted: 24 May 2011 at 1:16pm |
Ha ha--that's so funny about your amazon! Our conure used to have an Amazon buddy but she died 3 years ago, so now we take Luna (the conure) with us when we go camping so she's not alone. She's surprisingly not very loud at the campgrounds, and so far we haven't had a complaint. Your Tobasco sounds like quite the bird!
I've seen a couple of people mention the EZ Up, so that sounds like a possibility. We'll just have to figure out a pen that's big enough for all 4 doggies but not that heavy and big to carry.
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Margo and Tom and dogs
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Chuck
Senior Member Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Location: Waukesha WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 140 |
Posted: 24 May 2011 at 11:46am |
We have a Bassett and in the past while tent camping we just used a trolley line between 2 trees but since we've upgraded to a RP-177 Bogie probably deserves his own EZ Up with a pen beneath. By the way, your conure probably needs a buddy. How would you like a slightly used (30 year old) yellow napped amazon? Tobasco is his name and screaming is what he does. He'll probably only live to 60 so that's only another 30 years of waking up the neighbors. I can't imagine taking him camping with us. We'd be thrown out of the park within 4 hours.
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Chuck Janet & Bogie the dog '12 RP 177 1972 Shasta 1400 2005 Ford F-150 5.3L V8 |
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pmjensen
Senior Member Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Location: South Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 179 |
Posted: 24 May 2011 at 9:40am |
Welcome to the forum. As you can see there is a wealth of information and Pod people willing to help almost any Podding question.
Happy Podding |
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2011 R-176 Nuestro Pod
2014 Silverado |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 24 May 2011 at 9:37am |
Welcome! Yes, either using the New Posts button, or just scrolling down and opening each sub-form that shows a new post is what I use, too. We prefer our EZ-Ups most of the time, easier to put up. We'll put up the dome if we know it will be raining all weekend or for week-long trips no matter what the weather. |
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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margobun
Newbie Joined: 21 May 2011 Location: New Mexico Online Status: Offline Posts: 26 |
Posted: 23 May 2011 at 7:32pm |
Thanks again for the replies, and thanks Chris and Walt for the detailed response about the dome. It's starting to seem like maybe the dome is not in the cards for us; I agree, some kind of lightweight fencing would be really good!
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Margo and Tom and dogs
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Podsible Dream
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Hightstown, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 571 |
Posted: 23 May 2011 at 7:06pm |
Hi and welcome to the joys of podding and this forum.
The dome does not cover the pod side, there is a separate piece of netting that runs in the groove along the bottom of the trailer. The corners and bottom of the dome itself require a bit of assembly to end up with an escape proof containment. Adding the netting increases the number of seams that have to be closed. We are debating whether to devise a system to contain our long haired Siamese, an indoor guy. Probably some sort of lightweight fencing around the perimeter would work best, but that inhibits human movement as well. Maybe a portable electronic fence is type answer..... |
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Chris and Walt
'10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |
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secretbard
Senior Member Joined: 12 Apr 2011 Location: Budd Lake, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 195 |
Posted: 23 May 2011 at 6:40pm |
Welcome. I may end up in New Mexico at some point when I travel across the country with my Pod. This forum is the best thing since sliced bread. I've already learned so much by being here. P.s. I love the snow on the ground in your picture.
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2010 Rpod 172 :)
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margobun
Newbie Joined: 21 May 2011 Location: New Mexico Online Status: Offline Posts: 26 |
Posted: 23 May 2011 at 6:34pm |
Thanks for the replies, everyone! I didn't notice that "new post" button, but will check it from now on. Thank you!
I have another question about the dome. We're also looking for some way to let our dogs play while not on leash while we're camping, and that's one reason we were thinking about the dome. Does it extend all the way to the ground, all the way around, so that small dogs can't escape beneath it? Or is there a gap? Thanks again!
p.s. We have thought about bringing ex-pens but they seem just really heavy and unwieldy, and since our dogs are so small, they kind of seem like overkill.
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Margo and Tom and dogs
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Outbound
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 19 Nov 2009 Location: Oshawa, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 767 |
Posted: 23 May 2011 at 6:21pm |
Congratulations and welcome!
Like David, I just use the New Posts button in the upper-right corner. There are several dozen posts every day and an email notification would soon clog my mailbox and my BlackBerry would be chirping constantly. We have a dome, but find it too time consuming to put up and too fiddly to use (zipping up and down, rolling up the sides) once it is up. We do set it up when we're camping with friends and we'll want the space because its cold or rainy.
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Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150
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