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Topic ClosedMarch campout - French Creek State Park - Event Date: 20 Mar 2015 - 22 Mar 2015
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    Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 9:21am
This is going to end up being winter campout #2.  They are calling for 3-5 inches of snow on Friday for French Creek, plus up to another inch overnight.  I'll be bringing my snow shovel!  Confused
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 9:07pm
I had that problem the first year we had our pod.  Parked it in the back yard since our usual camper spot still had our popup.  Got it hitched up just fine but it rained the night before, slight incline, minivan...  took 2 hours with a come-along and a 100 foot steel cord attached to a massive tree to get it to a point where I got traction.  Learned my lesson.
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I would recommend doing it early in the morning. 
 
Last year for this trip we had issues getting a friends camper out of her yard.  She has a minivan.  We arranged for another friend to show up with their 4x4 to get it out.  This year the friend with the minivan parked it at my place just off the driveway so we can get to it easy and no 4x4 needed. 
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 2015 at 5:25pm
I can tell you my 'burban sunk in fairly well when I crossed my side yard, but luckily it is still frozen solid about 3 inches down.
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Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Mar 2015 at 2:36pm
I didn't plan this very well. At least for this winter.

Breaking up ice and snow in front of and around pod today while it's warm (60) and hoping it gets cold enough for ground to freeze so I can move pod to driveway in a day or two. Need to get away soon! Any idea how far a 4Runner can sink in mud??
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Mar 2015 at 9:09pm
Pulled my camper out of its storage spot and spent a few hours getting it ready for this weekend's trip.  The biggie was adjusting the hitch (again).  Added a new battery (again - the one I bought last year went with my pod when it sold in January).  Checked tire pressure and lug nut torque.  Throw some clothes and food in and we'll be gone.
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Geocaching - using multimillion dollar government satellites to find tupperware in the woods.
Any R-podders into geocaching?  One of the things CanvasCampers have done as a group is launch 2 geocaches at French Creek. We just launched our 2nd one in time for our big March Rally http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5NQ3A_between-the-naked-trees-cg-series?guid=d88c371a-3d0b-4e2e-943f-823aed638759  We are also talking about putting a few temporary cache's near the campground just for this weekend for some fun.
 
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I just mentioned to my wife today that I need to get a new battery and adjust my hitch before this trip.  Hope we get a few pods!
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This trip is 3 weeks away.  Any R-podders going to join us other than Doug? 
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Wish we could make this, but unfortunately we have other things on 3/20 and 3/21 :-(
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