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codycountry 
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Joined: 26 Jan 2014 Location: Wyo Online Status: Offline Posts: 168 |
 Topic: US tour - west & midwest states, 2014Posted: 26 May 2014 at 6:36pm |
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Wow, slow down and smell the asphalt. Looks like you will be eating a lot of fast food. Safe travels to you.
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 27 May 2014 at 6:57pm |
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Actually very little fast food. Our rule is anything but fast food on camping or touring trips. Last year's trip (almost as long as this trip) we only ate fast food twice, and one of those was because our daughter insisted on eating at Kentucky Fried Chicken while we were in KY, lol. Later that day we just happened to go past the birthplace of KFC so we stopped there too, but only for pics. We'll keep groceries in the pod for breakfast and lunches, and some dinners. Other dinners we'll eat somewhere with local flavor. We still chuckle because we had great Tex-Mex in central Texas and my one daughter ordered.... spaghetti.
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 03 Jul 2014 at 11:42pm |
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We are on our way, put in about 500 miles today. Currently in OH about 10 miles before crossing into Indiana. I added an extra 30 minutes to the trip and went down to the very end of I-70, very close to where I work. I want to say I drove I-70 all the way from the very beginning. I'll be on it the whole way to Denver.
Tried turning on the A/C's fan for some white noise (we are at a truck stop) and it is making a loud whine. Yay, something else to figure out. Luckily it is cool tonight so we don't need the A/C.
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Budward
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Joined: 21 Apr 2014 Location: SC/NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 438 |
Posted: 04 Jul 2014 at 3:45am |
And make sure your gas tank is FULL before going in. The sand is there because a pretty strong wind pushes it in there where it gets trapped. When I went I noticed we used say a 1/4 tank of gas going in and 1/2 tank coming out against that wind! |
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2014 179
Towed by a 2015 Ford Transit Diesel Supervised by a German/Aussie mix and a Labradoodle! |
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 06 Jul 2014 at 12:04am |
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Evening 3, we are 30 miles outside of Denver snugged in between the trucks again. We've been fortunate with cool nights and rain-free days. Today it finally got hot, hitting 100 F in Kansas. Tomorrow we'll get my wife and head to RMNP.
Anyone know what the plateau is that you hit about 90 miles east of Denver? I thought it was the CO plateau but maps online show that starting far west of here.
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4508 |
Posted: 06 Jul 2014 at 9:30am |
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I really like parking our pod in between the trucks and the large class A rigs!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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COSPod
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Joined: 20 Jan 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 38 |
Posted: 07 Jul 2014 at 12:12pm |
I would be interested to know the route you take from Denver/25 up to RMNP/Estes Park. I'm heading up that way later in summer, and trying to decided what the best route up would be.
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 07 Jul 2014 at 11:52pm |
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I saw on another part of the forum that Hairy Podders saw us heading west in Kansas, we saw them heading the other way! Now at the base of Cheyenne Mountain, this spot has a great view of the city below. Almost too bad we have to head out early to catch the Cog Rail up Pike's Peak. Earlier today we traveled from RMNP to the Mollie Kathleen gold mine for a tour, at one point hitting 10,200 feet - with pod in tow. That was a haul.
We followed Google's recommendation from Denver, up I-25 to 66 and 36. Be prepared for delays due to the repairs from the flooding. While the electric signs said to expect up to an hour, we only spent a few minutes waiting in 2 spots. BTW, my wife is making updates to our blog (recycled from last year): http://gaede4inthepod.blogspot.com
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Keith-N-Dar
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Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 12 Jul 2014 at 7:36am |
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So Doug. Which campground did you stay in at RMNP? We are thinking of a fall vacation there this year but at last read several of the campgrounds were closed due to last year's flooding. And last night our news here reported fires in the park.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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Hairy Podders
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Joined: 05 Mar 2014 Location: Northwest Ohio Online Status: Offline Posts: 217 |
Posted: 12 Jul 2014 at 1:05pm |
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We took 36 from Boulder up to Estes Park. We too waited on construction delays, but only a few minutes. There is also a detour part way there onto Rt 7.from 36. I wanted to see the flooding damage. Boulder traffic is always a pain. On the way home, we took Rt. 7 to 72, to 119, to I-70 if I remember correctly. Nice road & scenic, Light traffic.
Estes Park was packed when we were there. Clearly the flooding damage hasn't kept people away.... |
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Darryl, Julie & Lindsey
Cooper & Libby- Devoted Canines 2014 RP178 2006 Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon |
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