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    Posted: 25 May 2011 at 7:14am
We're off on our first trip this weekend. So tell us, after your 1st trip what did you "wish I'd known that before I left?"or "I sure wish I hadn't done that?". I just know I'm missing something.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2011 at 11:09am
Chuck, I'm sure there will be lot's of posts on Tuesday about what was wonderful, things left behind or forgotten, and wishes for things that should have accompanied us...
Let us all know, with pictures, of course, how your first journey went. Free Spirit will be on its first journey as well - look for our wrap up next week.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2011 at 12:17pm
Ummm- If you want the r-dome suction cups to stick you have to wash off the road dust and put them on while the pod is wet. Use a paper towel.
To conserve electricity from battery you can turn off the water pump overnight or when going out for any length of time. 
Have a wonderful time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2011 at 12:47pm
Hmmmm, Bette, if we had an r-dome (which I'm beginning to think I want) I'd do that. But you do raise a good question. Last night I tried to put our new bathroom mirror up using the supplied suction cups but found that the wall texture does not allow the cups to take hold. Am I the only one with this problem? Is there a work around to get stuff to suction to the showlette walls?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2011 at 12:54pm
I only found one spot in the bathroom where suction cups work; we got a little toothpaste holder and ended up attaching it directly to the outside of the sink. The walls won't hold.
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Dang it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2011 at 1:28pm
 The only place I found to use a suction cup was the front of the microwave. I have a pot holder hanging there. Command strips work just great though and you can put the velcro ones on a variety of things if you want to take whatever off the wall. I used them on the clock so we could change the battery and the back of a picture that had no other way of hanging.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2011 at 1:48pm
Chuck, you're right -- suction cups won't work in the bathroom.  I bought a suction cup mirror and couldn't use it either.  You can either take off the suction cups and use 3M hooks instead, or just use adhesive strips. 
 
I ended up attaching a Coleman mirror from the camping section of Walmart, but I found a black framed plastic mirror in the automotive section that would work just as well.  Everything in my bathroom is attached with 3M adhesive strips.  If it's something I might need to take down to wash, I attached it with 3M Velcro.  Here's what I've done:
 
Notice the little lattice basket on the wall above the sink?  I removed the suction cups and used small 3M hooks to hang it.  Just in case you needed any ideas . . .
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2011 at 1:52pm
Wow! Too cool. What great ideas. What all are you able to keep in place when you travel? Does stuff fall off on the road?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2011 at 2:00pm
Well, I'm making my maiden voyage this weekend.  I've been stuck driveway camping since I bought the pod.  However, in anticipation of things falling, I put a small basket in the floor of the bathroom, and I took everything (shampoo, soap, etc.) out of its storage place and put it in the basket.  I'm sure the "empty" storage mods will hold up while traveling.  I'll just put the toiletries back in their places when I get there.
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