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Finally got our Pod 😄

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Topic: Finally got our Pod 😄

Posted By: Wat3rdog
Subject: Finally got our Pod 😄
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2017 at 3:36pm

Hi from NM,

With the help of lurking in this forum and asking questions on the FB page, we now have our Pod.

We picked up a 2017 179 HRE 2 weekends ago. Our busy schedule means no camping with it until maybe at the end of this month. First thing I will be doing to it is mounting my steel lock box on it for the battery with a disconnect. We are so excited as we have been researching and planning for probably the last 2 yrs.

You'll see me mostly on FB as Tim Jewell.

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Posted By: texman
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2017 at 4:53pm

welcome aboard! Good times ahead.

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TexMan 2015 182g
2018 Sequoia
http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9122&title=texman-182g-mods - TexManMods

Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2017 at 5:52pm

Welcome to the group!! Congrats on your 179!!

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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150
2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk
Previously owned
2015 Rpod 179
2010 Rpod 171

Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2017 at 7:22pm

Being used to the frozen north i am curious as if you can camp in portions of NM year round, w/o snow or cold weather. Realize cold is a relative term but in your area how cold does it get in Jan - Feb during the evening hours? Welcome to this fabulous group!

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God's pod
'11 model 177
'17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost
Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake
"...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2017 at 9:00pm

We used to live in Arizona while I was on active duty with the Army. The southern states can get cold. A lot depends on elevation. At Fort Huachuca, we were at about 5,000 ft in elevation. We got snow in the winter at least a couple of times. While I was in Korea, my wife told me that a storm had shut down I10 through eastern Arizona and New Mexico. On our recent trip, we had sub-freezing temperatures across New Mexico and Texas that was enough to freeze the water lines. They did thaw the next day when the temperatures got up to freezing.

The good thing about the southwestern states is that the cold is not going to stick around as long. It may dip into the 20's at night, but it usually goes above freezing during the day, especially at the lower elevations. At the higher elevations, cold and snow stick around. That is why you find ski areas like Taos, NM or Elk Ridge, AZ.

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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,...

http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods
Former RPod 179
Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS

Posted By: bigbearcraig
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2017 at 8:38am

Welcome!

Posted By: Wat3rdog
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2017 at 9:08am

This year has been a very warm winter. Albuquerque itself can in the coldest times get below zero in the dead of winter but more typical is in the teens. If you are in northern NM then you will get colder temps and snow with the higher elevations. Abq sits at 5,000 ft. But if you head south to say Elephant Bute or White Sands near Las Cruces then it's not too bad. Probably 10-15 degrees warmer down that way. This is our first camper that I want to cold weather camp in. Great thing about NM is all of the different terrain depending on which part of the state you're in. I absolutely love it here.

Posted By: Wat3rdog
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2017 at 9:09am

Weather wise right now we are around 60f for a high and upper 30's to 40f for a low just in Abq, NM and the sun is starting to stay up a little bit longer.

Posted By: Steve 911
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2017 at 11:54am

Congratulations on your new Rpod. We just bought a new 179 recently. Still waiting to pick it up...

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Firefighter Steve (retired)
2017.5 Rpod 179 (Reepod)
2016 Highlander AWD w/tow pkg.
E2 wdh, prodigy RF brake controller.