http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Camping Adventures : The Maiden Voyage Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 20:14:37 +0000 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:49:03 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8332 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=79869#79869 Author: JHoffman
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Posted: 01 Aug 2016 at 9:49pm

I'm with you on the camp grounds with permanent residents, most of them seem to have golf carts and I hate golf carts!  For me it ruins the camping atmosphere when there is a steady stream of golf carts flying past my camp site making noise and stiring up clouds of dust.]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:49:03 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=79869#79869 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78549#78549 Author: birderdiane526
Subject: 8332
Posted: 06 Jul 2016 at 5:26pm

Thanks, Trotwood, for the Ohio turnpike info!

Happy trails!]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:26:11 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78549#78549 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78548#78548 Author: DawgLady
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016 at 4:25pm

Thanks for advice. Maybe we will meet on the road one day ☺️]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:25:29 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78548#78548 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78539#78539 Author: Trotwood
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016 at 3:21pm

Thanks for the feed back everyone! The Ohio Turnpike is a limited access toll road. Essentially, the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) connects with the Ohio Turnpike (I-80/90) which connects with the Indiana Turnpike which feeds into the toll roads coming out of Chicago. So you can drive from Philly to Chicago without ever leaving the toll road. It's very efficient and fast, but obviously not very scenic. You can pay cash but they also use EZ-pass, which is an electronic toll charging system that reads a little transponder hanging on your wind shield. It's worth getting EZ-Pass if you use it often. A lot of the bridges and tunnels on the east coast are toll also. (They charge for everything out here.) I'm afraid the next question will be, "how much does it cost?" I confess that I don't really know. The Incredible Amazing Cowgirl (my wife) pays that bill. As for overnighting at the service plazas on the turnpike, it looked like only Ohio offered those and it was only certain service plazas, not every one. They were nice tho. We used one going out and another coming home.

Dawg Lady, we did Frontier Days a few years ago. You'll have a blast! We usually didn't have problems finding campgrounds, but we didn't limit ourselves to parks. For Frontier Days, I'd try to make arrangements ahead of time as that event draws a lot of campers into the area. You can always camp an hour or so away and drive to cheyenne each day.

Glad I found this forum. It's full of nice folks and lots of good info.]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:21:32 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78539#78539 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78516#78516 Author: DawgLady
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016 at 10:01am

Enjoyed your post. We are leaving Saturday for a 3 week trip out west to Tetons, Badlands, Custer State Park, Frontier Days in Cheyenne Wy. I have been researching fior campgrounds that are in parks so will not have to pay much for campsites. Most of them say first come first served and I am concerned about having a camp site each night. Did you have any problems finding places? I also have 116 R 180 and love it!!]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 10:01:53 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78516#78516 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78509#78509 Author: birderdiane526
Subject: 8332
Posted: 06 Jul 2016 at 9:25am

Congratulations on your maiden voyage! Exciting, isn't it? Good to know about the Ohio turnpike. Is it a toll road?]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 09:25:31 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78509#78509 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78504#78504 Author: StephenH
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016 at 8:27am

Congratulations on your successful maiden voyage and welcome to the forum. We have a 179 that we picked up in December. Our maiden voyage was from North Carolina to Las Vegas (older daughter and family) and San Tan Valley, AZ (younger daughter and family.) We stayed mostly at truck stops on that trip. Most of the rest areas we saw did not have hookups and some specifically prohibited overnight stays. It is good to know Ohio is an exception.]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 08:27:02 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78504#78504 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78503#78503 Author: Leo B
Subject: 8332
Posted: 06 Jul 2016 at 8:24am

Sounds like a great trip!]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 08:24:57 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78503#78503 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8332&PID=78501#78501 Author: Trotwood
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016 at 8:09am

Wife and I took the new R-Pod 180 on its maiden voyage recently, starting out in Eastern PA and working our way out to the Rocky Mountains.  We'd only had it about a month and we're new to the entire concept of RVing, so it was quite an adventure for us.    After driving all day thru the Pennsylvania mountains and onto the Ohio turnpike, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that several of the service plazas on the OH turnpike have an RV lot for overnighters, complete with hookups and a dump station.    We drove across the prairie over the next couple days on I-80, boring for most people but since I grew up in Iowa, it was refreshing for me.  As we climbed out of Nebraska and into Colorado, I was keeping an eye on an ominous looking storm brewing to the south, when all of a sudden a large tornado takes shape right before my eyes, just as the "shelter in place" alerts started going off on our phones.    Although I'm not recommending it, I now know that the R-Pod can do about 90 mph in case it becomes necessary for any reason.    We spent time in Rocky Mountain National Park, then on to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, and finally up to Glacier in Montana before we pointed it back towards the east and worked our way home.  We had a great time and the Lilly Pod  --as we sometimes call it because of the Frog and Lilly Pad emblem on the side-- did great generally speaking.  Our only pod issue was the Jensen TV screen.  It seemed to have a mind of its own and only worked intermittently.   The 19 inchers are pretty cheap nowadays (less than $100), so I'll probably just replace it with something better for the next voyage.  Everything else on the R-Pod worked as good or better than expected.  For finding campgrounds, we used several resources including a phone app (android) called RV Parks that was pretty useful.  Of the many lessons learned, we decided we'd try to avoid campgrounds that are mostly permanent residents.  It's not that they are bad places, or bad people, but it just wasn't the experience we were looking for.  (We enjoy meeting other travelers and things like that.)  We also found that checklists were pretty useful (after pulling onto a highway and noticing that the hand rail was still deployed.)    To sum it up, we had a blast and are already planning our next trip in September.  

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