First Trip with our new 178
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Topic: First Trip with our new 178
Posted By: The Tweeners
Subject: First Trip with our new 178
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2013 at 6:24pm
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We just returned from our first trip with our new 178 and I would call it a success! It was amazing to us how many people approached us while at the campground and wanted to take a look inside. Many of the other campers really liked the dome, which went up without much difficulty. We discovered a few issues that we will need to get back with the service department, but all in all it was a great trip! ------------- Tweeners |
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Posted By: The Pod Couple
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2013 at 7:29pm
Congrats! We brought our 178 -The Escape Pod - home two weeks ago. We've been camping in the driveway on the weekends, but we made reservations for our first official camping trip for over Veterans Day weekend! Today we completed our very first mod - installing an awning over the slide-out. My beloved should be posting pictures of the project later. Anyway, congrats on your first trip. Hope it's only the first of a great many more!  ------------- Larry &Pat The Pod Couple 2001 Ford F150 2014 RPod 178 |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2013 at 7:54pm
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Glad to see you found your way to both forums! Congrats on the first wonderful trip. ------------- 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: 27 Oct 2013 at 9:33pm
Get ready for many more tours! 
------------- 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: P&M
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2013 at 8:53am
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Congrats, and definitely be prepared for a lot of visitors wanting a look-see when you are out and about Podding! ------------- P & M ... and Comet too! 2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2013 at 8:43pm
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I am going to get a coffee can and put outside the pod and put a sign "Come inside and look around, yes you can stand up in it and it has a shower and toilet and a/c and heat and t.v" tours $1.00" our last trip two weeks ago we gave 4 tours. I don't mind. people are amazed and a good number of them tell us I am going to get one of these. ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2013 at 9:49am
My wife usually bakes some sort of a yummy treat for us when we camp. And it's usually sitting on the counter to the right as soon as you walk into our Pod. This past season whenever we give tours it's always been the usual stuff, "wow it's so cute, bigger than i thought, etc etc" Lately this has been added "oooo those look yummy what are they"  So now we plan ahead, we figure we'll be giving tours anyways so we have some of our treats cut up for visitors. So now it's "sure go on in and look around, check it out, oh....and there are treats on the counter for you...along with a brochure!" People think I'm trying to make a sale! It's fun times. ------------- 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: 29 Oct 2013 at 1:03pm
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LOL!
Well, the motto of all hard-sided campers is... "welcome to the dark side, we have cookies". ------------- 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: kymooses
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2013 at 7:21pm
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