This pod, Rpod
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Topic: This pod, Rpod
Posted By: JCMoran
Subject: This pod, Rpod
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2013 at 1:19pm
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We're taking our first trip away from the yard in two days. Stevie does Shakespeare in the park this time of year, so her and I, and our two fur babies will be heading to Richland, WA to the Ye Merrie Greenwood Renaissance fair. We've rehearsed by yard camping three times and with the exception of setting up the rdome or using the shower, I think we have a pretty good handle on what to expect. I'll give a full report when we get back. ------------- John & Stevie Bella & Emma (Fur babies) 2014 RP178HRE "Hawg Pod" 2001 Silverado 1500 |
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Posted By: P&M
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2013 at 3:35pm
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Have fun! I remember that fair from when we lived in Spokane and Seattle, but back then it was probably much smaller than it is these days. ------------- P & M ... and Comet too! 2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
Posted By: bodie55
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2013 at 12:53am
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Used the shower for the first time in the pod today! Leave the door open and the fan off while showering. Nice to not use the creepy campground shower! ------------- Bay Area Crew 2013 178 Beach Pod F-150 SuperCrew ...sempre in viaggio sul mare... |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2013 at 9:19am
Gratz on being a shower user!!! Cheers mate. ------------- 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: techntrek
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2013 at 8:45am
A nice clean post.  ------------- 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: bodie55
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2013 at 9:08am
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Haha!! ------------- Bay Area Crew 2013 178 Beach Pod F-150 SuperCrew ...sempre in viaggio sul mare... |
Posted By: JCMoran
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2013 at 12:53pm
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First day and night in the books here at Wrights Desert Gold RV park in Richland, WA. Has full hookups but I had to buy a 25ft coax cable to connect to the provided cable signal. Also, I found that I have to turn off the antenna booster if I'm connected to cable. I've noticed that some campers have their "stinky slinky" hooked up 24/7. If they're leaving the black water tank gate valve open as well, I think that is problematic as the solid waste isn't able to stay suspended in fluid and will not break down properly. This place is okay, but I'm looking forward to better quality parks to visit. Day two... Begin! ------------- John & Stevie Bella & Emma (Fur babies) 2014 RP178HRE "Hawg Pod" 2001 Silverado 1500 |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2013 at 1:13pm
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Most people when camping with full hookups leave the sewer hose attached. And, yes it's a bad thing to leave the gate valve open when doing so. Very few campers do it a second time.. LOL. It's normal to turn off the antenna booster to watch cable. That is how it knows which you are using. If you ever take that selector box out, the backside looks like part of the Terminators nervous system.. ------------- |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2013 at 1:16pm
You would not believe how many RV'ers will not actually use their bathrooms.. Good on ya for making the step up. ------------- |
Posted By: bodie55
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2013 at 8:36pm
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We're at our next destination in Colorado Springs. With the amount of people here and limited amount of showers, I think I'll be using it for the next few days! My husband has been using it everyday, but I've been the first one up and it's been too crowded. Guess that teenage boy is waking up early tomorrow and vacating my floor space:) ------------- Bay Area Crew 2013 178 Beach Pod F-150 SuperCrew ...sempre in viaggio sul mare... |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2013 at 8:55pm
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We resisted using the bathroom for anything when we got our popup, but once the kids got older and we couldn't split them up for showers in the bathhouse we started using the shower and toilet. We have two girls - once my oldest started asking certain questions probably around age 3 it was time. It would have taken too long in the morning to have my wife take both. Staying in the popup was so much easier! We leave our sewer hose hooked up and the gray tank valve open. Since the black tank will last for most of a week I'll wait until the day it needs to be dumped before closing the valve for the gray tank to fill it up with a few showers, then dump the black and then the gray, leaving the gray valve open again. ------------- 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: Seanl
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2013 at 9:20pm
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My wife will use the bathroom but I tend to only use it if I wake up in the middle of the night. I never use the shower which is funny because it was my wife who said she would never use a wet bath. ------------- Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition 
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Posted By: JCMoran
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2013 at 6:26pm
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So, we got back from 1603 AD (renaissance fair in Richland, WA) last night. We love our 178 and the tips gathered from this forum has been priceless. Thank you all who shared. Traveling west on I-90 last night, a driver pulled up next to us and asked how we liked the R-pod. That was pretty cool! Over the weekend, temps were in the area of 100 degrees. The A/C worked perfectly. I'm pretty sure the money we spent on the pod was actually just for the A/C, and it's worth so much more! The rest of the pod was free. Life is good. Live well. ------------- John & Stevie Bella & Emma (Fur babies) 2014 RP178HRE "Hawg Pod" 2001 Silverado 1500 |
Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2013 at 9:28pm
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The Air and the shower were big for us. Camping in the pod is pure fun IMHO. ------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2013 at 9:54pm
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JCMoran, be prepared for many in-person tours. If I made commission on all the pod tours I've given...
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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