One mistake I made was with leveling the Pod and unhitching.  I leveled the low side tire on some of the plastic lego leveling blocks - all good!  But could not figure out how to chock that tire since it was on blocks.  So I figured I was ok since the other tire was chocked.   I also put my slide out before unhitching  - for some dumb reason.  So when I unhitched from my Jeep the Pod was ok for a few seconds - but then fell sideways off my tongue jack blocks.  The jack was in the dirt and since I did not have a "foot" on the jack at the time - I was toast.  Luckily a super nice guy came by and helped me picked the Pod back up hitched back on the Jeep.  I felt really stupid - but its part of the learning - and luckily I did not get hurt nor did my Jeep!  So lesson learned!  Have both wheels chocked on all sides and get everything level and un-hithced before putting slide out!

I left my Jeep hitched to the POD a lot at night.  Maybe because of my experience above and I was afraid the POD would slide off again - but I found the POD super stable hitched up - and I slept much better!!

Also - have good checklists and go thru them every time methodically. It will become habit eventually.  Practice and Have confidence.  You will do fine.

Enjoy!!

The only time I don't use the driver for the jacks is if I arrive at a campground late or leave early.  They are a touch loud and I don't like to disturb my neighbors.  

I was wondering if this would be ok...leaving it hitched?  Can you still hook to water and electricity safely?  the type of sites at shows are very level.  I'm super excited.  I pick it up on Monday.  I was supposed to get it yesterday but we had horrible rain in the area and I didn't want to start my first time on the road with it in horrible weather.  Had a huge box from Camping World arrive and another from Amazon.  I think I have all the necessities (leveling blocks, chocks, stabilizer pads and all the stuff for the inside to make it functional).
 

Thanks for the words of support.  I consider myself capable (LOL, we'll see).  I have a BMW X3, I went with the tow package from BMW although it cost a lot more than I had hoped (comes with integrated brake control, all parts, and a reprogramming of the back up and parking sensors on the vehicle).  I'm told once the trailef is hitched, the back-up cam has been programmed to allow you to hitch with guidelines projected to the back-up cam screen....like docking the space station).  I am sure hoping this is the case!  
 

Getting the camper back on the hitch will require a helper at first. Most importantly so you get the socket and ball aligned when backing up, and sometimes you need a second set of hands to slide the camper an inch or so for final alignment. Eventually most people can learn to back the truck up quite literally by feel, when it makes contact with the trailer. Sliding the trailer can be done solo too, with such a tiny camper it is more a matter of technique than strength. 

Oh my, that is a big dog.  Chihuahuas are definitely a good size for the r-pod.  My husband only occasionally comes to shows so mostly I'm on my own (which is fun)!

 one the outdoor stuff, independently.  We laugh when folks have tiny dogs in huge rv's.  As we have a huge dog in our tiny trailer, 120 lb Bernese Mountain dog.  He does great, just sleeps by the door and has yet to steal anything off the table that is at his nose height.