Took the Plunge ...
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Topic: Took the Plunge ...
Posted By: Footslogger03
Subject: Took the Plunge ...
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 8:04pm
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Well ...today was "poop or getoff the pot day" ! We are nowmthe proud owners of a 2012 model 177 Hood River Edition R-Pod. We get our orientation and haul it home on the 29th. Big step up for us ...having moved from a T@B to an R-Pod. Really looking forward to having a bed that stays a bed and a decent place to sit inside and eat a meal, not to mention a nice kitchen area. We come from a long-distance backpacking background, both of us having hiked the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. So, even the T@B was a huge step for us.
Anyway ...we're part of the R-Pod community now. Best regards, MJ ------------- Livin' the Dream ...'Slogger |
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Posted By: psaman
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 8:07pm
Congratulations!!! I know you will love your 177 as much as we do!! ------------- 2011 R-177 "Sponge-Pod" 2011 F-150 XLT "Texas Edition" |
Posted By: sfish
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 8:16pm
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Enjoy!! ------------- sjf |
Posted By: Hodge-PODge
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 8:32pm
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Slogger, after you pick it up, we want pics! Congratulations.
------------- 2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
Posted By: Footslogger03
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 8:43pm
============ Okidokey ...if I can figure out how to upload pics to this forum you'll have em. MJ ------------- Livin' the Dream ...'Slogger |
Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 8:45pm
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Great Slogger, its ok to have a nice bed and a place to enjoy a meal, I used to hump the hills of Southern Indiana, Mushroom hunting, fishing, squirell hunting, genseng, bow hunting, I still love the outdoors and enjoy them at a lower velocity, at 62 I can still hump the hills, but its nice to come back to the Pod and enjoy the outdoors, Your going to have a blast. ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
Posted By: Hodge-PODge
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 8:47pm
Just curious. Does your new R-Pod have the black trim like this new 2012? Even the AC cover is black!
 I'm still trying to make up my mind if I like it or not. Except it's a moot point - I ALREADY have an R-Pod!
 ------------- 2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
Posted By: Footslogger03
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 8:51pm
========= Roger that ! We are both avid outdoor people but I had one of those "out of left field" heart attacks (no history or symptos) so we've had to scale back/modify our activities. RV'ing has openned up a lot of doors. Looking forward to enjoying the outdoors again ...in oir Pod ! MJ ------------- Livin' the Dream ...'Slogger |
Posted By: Footslogger03
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 8:53pm
=============== No black trim on ours. Maybe it's not part of the Hodd River program ? MJ ------------- Livin' the Dream ...'Slogger |
Posted By: iamsmonk
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 9:25pm
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I too am having trouble deciding if I like the black trim or not...also looks like the body is cream colored instead of white? ------------- Sherrie & Carol, Henri, Jay & Tanner 2004 Dodge Dakota w/4.7 V8 2011 r-pod 177 Let's go camping! |
Posted By: Footslogger03
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 9:36pm
========== I kinda like the black trim myself - - very unique. But the 2012 we bought today is white with whitemtrim. Black trim wasn't an option. MJ ------------- Livin' the Dream ...'Slogger |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2011 at 9:08am
I'm gonna rip off all my trip and spray paint it purple now.  I think the black is pretty neat looking, looks most strange around the storage compartments and on the screen door it looks like one giant black panel now. Huge congrats on your final decision to get the Pod, they are an enjoyable unit to own! ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: WWRON
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2011 at 9:26am
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Welcome to the Family. ------------- WWR RP 177 HRE 2010 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2011 at 10:47am
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Congrats on the new camper. I've backpacked a lot over the years, I've done all of the AT in MD and good chunks of it in southern PA. Progressed from a 43 pound pack to almost an ultralighter in more recent years.
Now I mostly pod-camp with the family, gotta get these trips in while the kids still want to go. Not sure I like the black - the last thing I want to be absorbing heat is the A/C in the middle of the summer! I also don't want the rest of the pod absorbing heat. I like the look, just not the functionality. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: Footslogger03
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2011 at 2:07pm
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[QUOTE=techntrek] Congrats on the new camper. I've backpacked a lot over the years, I've done all of the AT in MD and good chunks of it in southern PA. Progressed from a 43 pound pack to almost an ultralighter in more recent years.
Now I mostly pod-camp with the family, gotta get these trips in while the kids still want to go. ================ Thanks Tecntrek. My wife and I are/were pretty hardcore distance backpackers ...but the heart attack in 2008 brought that all to a screeching halt. I was an angry cuss for a while but our love of the outdoors helped us consider the rv thing. We had another teardrop for 3 seasons and totally loved it. But this past summer we travelled east from Wyoming and spent 3 months on the road during all that heat and humidity. 2 adults and a full grown black lab pushed us and that little camper beyond reasonable limits. When we got back home the first thing I did was clean up the teardrop and put it up for sale. We were fortunate and sold it in a couple weeks. During our travels this past summer we saw several R-Pods and even visited Couches place near Cincinnati. Long story short ...we found ourselves "camperless" and contacted a Forest River dealer about 2 hours south of us. When we first talked on the phone they had three 177's on the lot. By the time we actually visited the dealer they only had one left. It just seemed like it was meant to be. So ....now we are just anxious and looking forward to picking it up a week from tomorrow on the 29th. We're not quite as gitty as we were when we bought our first camper so we aren't planning any trips right away. Besides, the weather here in Wyoming is starting to sink and winter camping ain't our "bag". I am planning on getting it parked in our little rv pen next to the garage, plug it in and get a little heater running and then just spending days/weeks learning everything I can about the Pod design and technology. I am a technical type and a pretty handy designer so in all likelihood I will be making some mods/improvements and making it OUR pod. On a final note ...our dog's name is "Roxy" - - so we may just end up calling it our "Roxy-Pod". Then again, we tend to use our camper as a get-away vehicle so we may just refer to it as our "E" (escape) Pod. 'Slogger ------------- Livin' the Dream ...'Slogger |
Posted By: Elidh
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2011 at 7:32pm
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I too am having trouble deciding if I like the black trim or not...also looks like the body is cream colored instead of white? It is cream-tannish colored. I saw them at the Hershey RV Show and really thought they looked sharp! ------------- Possible Future Owner of the Road King Family Podster |
Posted By: Snowbound
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2011 at 10:59am
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Welcome Footsloggers. I know you are going to enjoy this forum. We spent over 70 nights in our pod this summer and this weekend we are putting her to sleep for the winter. Sigh. But wait! a friend just reminded me it is only 5 months until spring... My first reaction to the black trim was 'Hey that is so cool!" B ------------- Tom and Bette in our 177 "The Gastropod" |
Posted By: tpierce220
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2011 at 9:19am
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We are putting ours to sleep this weekend, too. We've spent about 70 days, too, in ¡Podtástic! this summer and have enjoyed every minute of it. April will be here before we know it, and we can take her back out on the road. ------------- Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys. |
Posted By: RPAnnie
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2011 at 2:43pm
| our HRE 177 is just like the one in the photo - has the black trim and they call the color - cool vanilla -- we just took our first trip this last weekend and loved it |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2011 at 5:46pm
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Welcome, RPAnnie! ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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