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techntrek 
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
 Topic: US tour - west & midwest states, 2014Posted: 19 Aug 2014 at 12:17pm |
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bodie55
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Joined: 25 Mar 2013 Location: San Francisco Online Status: Offline Posts: 100 |
Posted: 18 Aug 2014 at 9:36pm |
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Your silent prayers were answered!
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Bay Area Crew
2013 178 Beach Pod F-150 SuperCrew ...sempre in viaggio sul mare... |
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techntrek
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Posted: 18 Aug 2014 at 1:03pm |
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I don't think I mentioned on the forum that as we drove through St. Louis on July 4th, I saw a guy crawling over the railing next to the highway, over the river. It was obvious to me that he was thinking about jumping. My kids didn't notice so I made the decision not to call 911. With 100 cars a minute passing him SOMEONE was going to call. I hoped. If I had called then I would have to explain it to my kids. They are more than old enough to understand but I didn't want it to be part of their memory of this trip (I wish it wasn't part of mine but at least I didn't see him actually jump). I've felt guilty for not calling, but I hoped he was ok.
I finally got the nerve to search for any mention of it, and found this: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/police-talk-would-be-jumper-off-musial-bridge/article_ab94eca1-ca67-5ff8-b4c1-5b373697515b.html A load off of my mind!
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techntrek
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Posted: 29 Jul 2014 at 4:28pm |
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Crabs for us, too! We said early in the trip that we would get a few dozen once we got back. Maybe next weekend.
We hit a hard wind day on the way out in Kansas, around July 4th or 5th. That was only 1 of 2 white-knuckle days on the trip. The other was during the heavy downpours in the bad storm system that came through on our way home a few days ago. Even the big rigs were pulling over. I forgot to mention I was passed by a delivery of 3 new large-body pods on the way home. About 100 miles east of Elkhart. We passed several of the RV plants as we drove through - I should have scheduled a tour of the FR plant.
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fwunder
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Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 11:38pm |
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Doug,
I was actually surprised how "off the grid" we were on our podyssey. We went a bit further west to the coast and up and back and had zero rain but a whole mess 'O wind going out. Ran the furnace most nights and mornings and the AC only for an hour or so in Potholes State Park in Washington. Just plain lucky. Stayed a night @ Donner Pass Memorial State park and had friends for dinner. (sorry, that was really bad). Doesn't sound like anything you can't fix and you all had a good time! You're planning the next one, so that's good! Next up......Crab Feast! fred
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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techntrek
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Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 11:13pm |
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Been a while since I updated this. As I mentioned elsewhere, once we entered Yellowstone our connection was non-existent, or just very bad, for the rest of the trip. Or, we were on our mad dash home to get my wife to her doctor (back injury). Overall we had a good trip. Only 2 days with rain, one of them was during our drive home so not bad. We're already kicking around ideas for next year's trip.
The A/C acted up on day one - a loud whine and an occasional clatter. Happily we didn't need it for half of the trip, but you would be surprised how much noise you can sleep in when it is hot outside. I popped the cover today to find a mounting bolt popped out on the blower motor. The hole acted like a whistle. Back in and all is well. The killer is I could have fixed it on the road with the tools I had. The oddity is it is one of the bolts I tightened last summer when I cleaned the coils. As I knew we would, for the first time ever we used the heater - in July. Yellowstone is always cold at night. In '86 I experienced snow, at least it only got down to around 40 this time. During a big downpour 2 days ago we got a ton of water inside, I think it is the center window seals. Something else to figure out. Tomorrow I go to work on my fridge. I spent over $200 at a dealer before we left for them to say... we think it is the gas valve. Oh, and since the 8501 is imported that is a $400 part instead of a $60 part. Right. I can replace the whole fridge for not much more. If I ultimately can't figure this out I'm considering a ARB portable fridge (someone here recommended them) and just using the AC/DC modes on the Dometic to keep drinks cool. Another adventure done. Now to fix everything.
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techntrek
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Posted: 14 Jul 2014 at 10:14pm |
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We've enjoyed the Grand Canyon over the last 24 hours, we were in camp early enough yesterday that we took a drive to the Visitor's Center as the sun was going down, but didn't get to see it at sunset due to a storm. Took a hike up the Rim Trail today and attended two ranger programs. Now thunderstorms are rolling in again so it may be an early evening in the pod.
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Leo B
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Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4508 |
Posted: 14 Jul 2014 at 7:35am |
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Doug that sounds great!! We hit those places on our trip last spring. That is some really great country!!
enjoy
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
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techntrek
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Posted: 13 Jul 2014 at 11:40pm |
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Dingo, thanks for the prayers. We've been very lucky on this trip. We've avoided some very bad storms at home - there was a tornado a few days ago which killed a child at a camp about 30 miles from our house. We get maybe one tornado a year in our state. We've also had no issues even though we've been through/near several large storms in CO and AZ. Same was true several years ago on a trip to FL, there were several tornadoes that crossed the highway about an hour after we passed, we saw the after-affects on the way home a week later.
Saw an Elk just as soon as we got near the campground in the Grand Canyon. Other recent stops have included Four Corners, Petrified Forest + Painted Desert, and Meteor Crater.
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Keith-N-Dar
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Posted: 13 Jul 2014 at 12:39pm |
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i went to RCMP web page and see all camp grounds are open now. We normally camp in Aspenglen and that one was not supposed to be open at all this year. Looks like fall in the Rockies with the elk!
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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