Hello from new R-Pod 178 owner in Ottawa |
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bodie55
Senior Member Joined: 25 Mar 2013 Location: San Francisco Online Status: Offline Posts: 100 |
Topic: Hello from new R-Pod 178 owner in Ottawa Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 9:49pm |
We have our two younger kids (8&4) on the dinette with sleeping bags. I did put a waterproof mattress pad and fitted sheet over the cushions for protection. No topper for them as they are small and lightweight. Our teen is sleeping on the floor on a camping mat. In front of the fridge might be a good spot for a dog - out of the doorway and access to toilet.
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Bay Area Crew
2013 178 Beach Pod F-150 SuperCrew ...sempre in viaggio sul mare... |
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EmptyNesters
Groupie Joined: 19 Feb 2013 Location: Minnesota Online Status: Offline Posts: 53 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 9:08pm |
We have had our 178 for about a month, and I love it, we downsized from a larger hybrid travel trailer now that our four kids are older and no longer want to camp with dear old mom and dad. This July we are taking the pod down to Florida to visit our son who is in the Marines, and the other three kids want to see their brother of course, so we will be squeezing as many of us as we can in the pod and drawing straws for the tent.
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ron_whitt
Senior Member Joined: 08 Sep 2011 Location: Chesterville On Online Status: Offline Posts: 261 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 9:05pm |
David, welcome to the world of podding. Did you get your pod at travel-mor, that's where we got ours. Try Murphy's Point Prov. park. pull through sites, just south of Perth about 10min. We will be there this Saturday coming home Wed. Its close by really nice park, also try Charleston Lake prov. park no pull throughs but again nice park with lots of hiking.
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Ron & Shirley
2020 Tacoma 2012 177 rpod |
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DavidW
Senior Member Joined: 13 Jun 2013 Location: Ottawa, Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 129 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 8:44pm |
Thanks Outbound. I'll give it a try.
BTW, I will be driving past Oshawa en route to Scarborough for the Robbie Soccer Tournament in Scarborough next weekend sans R-Pod.
I'll give you a wave from the 401!
David
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David & Liz
2014 R-Pod 178 2019 Chevy Traverse And Lily (our 8 yr old Golden) |
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Outbound
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 19 Nov 2009 Location: Oshawa, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 767 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 7:19pm |
I put a square dog bed (which by fluke is an exact fit) under the table for my border collie. She likes the enclosed space and will sit there while we're moving around in the trailer. The dog bed has a bonus of being a warm spot to put bare feet while eating breakfast.
As you say, when the table is used as a bunk, there isn't enough room. My dog tends to curl up at the r-pod's door or right in front of the queen bed.
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Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150
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DavidW
Senior Member Joined: 13 Jun 2013 Location: Ottawa, Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 129 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 4:44pm |
Thanks for the welcome everyone!
I forgot to mention that we also have the almost obligatory 2-year old Golden Retriever (Lily). I was going to have her sleep where the table goes but that won't work when we use the dinette as a bed for our daughter. I guess we will have to follow everyone else's lead and step over Lily in the middle of the night.
(Bodie55 - maybe you can help me decide whether a sleeping bag works best on the dinette bed, or whether an extra foam pad and/or sheets and a blanket would work?)
Anyway, we have picked Voyageur Provincial Park, half-way to Montreal, as our first test in the middle of July. Nice easy 1-hour drive on a 4-lane highway so everyone can pass me. And a pull-through camping site with electricity so that I don't have to back in (and have Liz wave frantically at me as I do so!) and can test out all the features of the R-Pod.
Cheers,
David
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David & Liz
2014 R-Pod 178 2019 Chevy Traverse And Lily (our 8 yr old Golden) |
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JCMoran
Newbie Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Snohomish, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 20 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 2:21pm |
Welcome to the POD!
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John & Stevie
Bella & Emma (Fur babies) 2014 RP178HRE "Hawg Pod" 2001 Silverado 1500 |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 12:53pm |
Welcome.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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P&M
Senior Member Joined: 13 Aug 2012 Location: Spokane, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 454 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 11:37am |
Congrats and Welcome!
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P & M ... and Comet too!
2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
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kymooses
Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 9:08am |
Congratulations and welcome to the group.
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