Nuestro Pod Road Trip 4

It was a bright sunny late afternoon when Nuestro Pod arrived at Adolph Thomae Jr County Park on the banks of the Arroyo Colorado in Arroyo City, TX.  The oppressive humidity has left us for awhile, leaving us with warm days and (for us) cool nights (65-68).  We had been told that if we didn’t like the site we were assigned we could pick out a different site, as they weren’t very full.  We did pick out a different site and unhooked.  I went to the office to tell them and was informed the site was taken and that most of the nearby sites were spoken for; so back to Nuestro Pod to hooked up and moved a couple of sites to our assigned site.  I am not sure what reservations he was looking at but very few of the sites were occupied during the weekend.  No big deal.  The reason we had wanted to change was the assigned site was covered with grass, which, with the mosquitoes out in mass we thought it better to have some packed gravel.  The back of Nuestro Pod faced the river making for a nice view.

The first thing we did once Nuesto Pod was parked, was to use an can of outdoor mosquito spray around the area of the Pod and (for the 1^st time) R-dome.  We sprayed a double dose where the mat and R-dome would go.  Set up was uneventful even setting up the R-Dome (thanks to the forum for the spray silicon recommendation – it worked fantastic)   It only took 20 min to get it up and staked down. Not bad for the first live setup.

The site as we found out was really great.  We had shade, courtesy of some mesquite trees on both side of the Pod.  We got enough sun during midday to dry out the heavy overnight dew. (Has anyone else experienced water droplets on the inside roof of the R-Dome?) 

The R-Dome really paid for itself this weekend.  We were able to keep the mosquitoes at bay by spaying with Raid flying insect killer a couple of times during the day and evening.  The mat floor was littered with dead mosquitoes etc. by the end of the weekend, but we really enjoyed have R-Dome as protection.  It was great to sit in there and watch the variety of personal fishing boats head out to the Laguna Madre and come back.  The entire coastal area down here is huge into fishing.  If fact, the only minor downside to the park was the people coming and going to launch their boats and fish off the night lighted fishing piers.  It seemed to start about 5:00-5:30 in the morning and we heard some coming or going about 10:00 pm. 

All in all it was another great weekend of Podding.  We are definitely planning on coming here again, especially since it’s just a short 45 min drive.  Below are some pictures of Nuestro Pod on the site and of the park.

Nuestro Pod with R-Dome for next site over

Main road & another site

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