R-pod Owners Forum : New Alaska 179 Owners https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Camping Adventures : New Alaska 179 Owners Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:21 +0000 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:03:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10390 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ New Alaska 179 Owners : https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=97055#97055 Author: olga1913
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Posted: 27 Jul 2017 at 8:03pm

]]> Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:03:11 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=97055#97055 New Alaska 179 Owners : Sounds great, we also have a solar... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=97054#97054 Author: YODT
Subject: 10390
Posted: 27 Jul 2017 at 8:03pm

Sounds great, we also have a solar panel. Can't wait to get up there!]]> Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:03:06 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=97054#97054 New Alaska 179 Owners : We fit two adults, my 11 year... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=97035#97035 Author: olga1913
Subject: 10390
Posted: 27 Jul 2017 at 4:27pm

We fit two adults, my 11 year old daughter and two large breed dogs in the 179 with little problem.  It is all perspective as we are long time tent campers and are used to using space.  The dogs slept in the pod.  The lab on the queen bed between our feet and the newfie with my daughter.  We traveled with two dog beds for the floor of the pod but they were never used...you know how that goes.  The newfie would work my daughter and her sleeping bag like a Pushup ice cream treat.  She would lay at the bottom of the sleeping bag until the kid went to sleep and then re-position herself during the night further up the bag until the kid woke up without covers and plenty of company.  

As far as an itinerary it would be impossible to get a read from ours.  We drove from Haines to Anchorage before we bought the trailer and then revisited some of our of haunts with the pod.  We did travel on all of the marginal highways and avoided all of the popular tourist destinations.  We live in a tourist town and are fortunate enough to travel and avoid the huge numbers when we travel.   We visited friends and family as well as staying in several locations where we previously tent camped.  The wildfires in BC and the associated road closures changed our pace and routes.  

Haines-Anchorage-Cantwell-Tok-Dawson, YT,-Silver Trai into Keno City, YT, Cassier to Sea to Sky (99) an into Vancouver-Hope-Merrit-Hyder/Stewart-Carrier again to Whitehorse-Atlin, Haines Junction-Destruction Bay-Haines Junction to Haines and then on a ferry to Sitka.  Routes and destinations changed with morning ideas, wildfires and remembrances.  We were often on old mining turnouts and borrow pits.  Traveled with a 120 solar panel and watched our fresh/grey/black levels.  Plugged in when when we needed a distraction, dump, or internet.  Big country.    
]]> Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:27:12 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=97035#97035 New Alaska 179 Owners : Oh yes my wife wants to know if... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96925#96925 Author: YODT
Subject: 10390
Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 5:04pm

Oh yes my wife wants to know if BOTH dogs sleep inside the Rpod.  We will probably acquire an "auxiliary" dog later this year after losing our beloved aussie so wonder how well two dogs fit with two people! ]]> Tue, 25 Jul 2017 17:04:02 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96925#96925 New Alaska 179 Owners : Welcome !! Great pictures!! ... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96901#96901 Author: Leo B
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Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 9:38am

Welcome !! Great pictures!!]]> Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:38:27 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96901#96901 New Alaska 179 Owners : Beautiful pics! I'd love... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96898#96898 Author: YODT
Subject: 10390
Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 8:45am

Beautiful pics!  I'd love to get a copy of your itinerary, we want to take ours to BC and as far as Fairbanks at least.]]> Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:45:06 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96898#96898 New Alaska 179 Owners : Looks like you had a great time.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96893#96893 Author: StephenH
Subject: 10390
Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 9:19pm

Looks like you had a great time. Congratulations.
]]> Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:19:42 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96893#96893 New Alaska 179 Owners : Beautiful pictures! https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96881#96881 Author: bigbearcraig
Subject: 10390
Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 5:01pm

Beautiful pictures!]]> Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:01:58 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96881#96881 New Alaska 179 Owners : Sounds like a wonderful adventure!... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96874#96874 Author: M&M
Subject: 10390
Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 3:59pm

Sounds like a wonderful adventure! Beautiful pictures...]]> Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:59:47 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96874#96874 New Alaska 179 Owners : 8 weeks and 8.000 miles in Alaska,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10390&PID=96873#96873 Author: olga1913
Subject: 10390
Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 3:47pm

8 weeks and 8.000 miles in Alaska, Yukon and BC.  Bought the trailer new in Anchorage.  Rough experience.  Long time tent campers.  My wife and I, daughter Rie (11), Freya the newfie and and Oden the lab.  The Denali Highway, Talkeetna Spur, Top of the World Highway, The Silver Trail, The Cassiar 2X, and 47 miles of forest service evacuation 'road'.  BC wildfires.  The trailer did well but left us with MANY winter projects.  I look forward to reading her and learning from the board.  


Bruce
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