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Ronw435
Newbie Joined: 20 Dec 2015 Location: Near Dallas Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Topic: Newbie's Posted: 21 Dec 2015 at 3:37pm |
Hello, we are Ron and Joenie Wright. We live about 35 miles east of Dallas, Tx. Both are retired and are going to be R-podders soon.
Well we pick up our 2016 R-178 this Wednesday. To say the least we are quite excited as we love to camp and have been camping in a tent. Well that all changed in Colorado when a bear walked within 10 feet of our tent one night. Needless to say I did not wake my wife up or she might have still been running to this day......lol and there would have been a big hole in the side of the tent. Of course it was a sleepless night the rest of the night for me! That made our decision to buy a trailer quite easy after that. We have looked all the R-pods over and since we both snore like, uh , the bear that went by, we liked the 178 for the front and rear sleeping arrangement. And since this will be a 2016 1/2 it has the under mount sink which is nice. I have been looking at the site for quite some time and have to say that it is nice to have a place to go where others use the same equipment. Its nice to see the Mod's that others have made and already have many that we want to do to ours. We look to sharing our adventures with everyone and reading about everyone's experiences. Hope to see ya on the road. Ron |
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ronahue
Senior Member Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 316 |
Posted: 21 Dec 2015 at 4:01pm |
Welcome,
Many years ago backpacking in Glacier National Park we woke in the morning to find Grizzly Bear tracks within a foot of our tent. Let's just say I didn't get a lot of sleep the rest of that trip.
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Ron & Sharon
2015 R-Pod 179 2022 Nissan Frontier No trees were harmed in the sending of this message but a billion electrons were really agitated |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 21 Dec 2015 at 4:37pm |
Welcome to the group!!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 21 Dec 2015 at 6:09pm |
Bears happen.. and honestly, a camper isn't much of a deterrent. I have seen black bears disassemble a Buick for a ham sandwich.
On a side note.. Welcome!! :) |
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Rockin the Pod
Groupie Joined: 18 Oct 2015 Location: Southeast Utah Online Status: Offline Posts: 51 |
Posted: 21 Dec 2015 at 7:24pm |
Welcome from up here in Utah. Not far from Texas and a lot to see and do here. Congrats on the pod!
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2016 180 HRE
2014 Tacoma Taylor 210 CSE Bose L1 Model II 2008 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 21 Dec 2015 at 7:27pm |
i would say it wasn't just a ham sandwich, had to have been more (and probably staged). lived for years with black bears, 99.999999 harmless. just be aware of there presence, use good judgement. hogone
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Jon & Pam
2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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ron_whitt
Senior Member Joined: 08 Sep 2011 Location: Chesterville On Online Status: Offline Posts: 261 |
Posted: 21 Dec 2015 at 7:59pm |
Welcome ronw345 from ron_whitt north of 49 in Ontario. We were camping in tents with friends... A black bear walked between both tents (they were about 5ft apart. And circled the tents before taking off. Like everyone else not a lot of sleeping the rest of that night... At least the pod will make it little harder for the bears to get in...
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Ron & Shirley
2020 Tacoma 2012 177 rpod |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 21 Dec 2015 at 9:07pm |
LOL, I don't know where you were at, but in the High Sierras where I grew up, it happens. With regualarity. Not staged.
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 22 Dec 2015 at 12:09pm |
Welcome. I bet your wife couldn't bear to hear that story after she woke up.
I was backpacking with some friends in Shenandoah and a bear untied our bear bag early on Sunday morning while several of us slept in the open not all that far away. Don't know how he did it, there was no damage to the cord that was tied around the tree. At least he only got most of our last meal and didn't get into a can of hash (that was long before I went ultralight). Once we realized what was going on we grabbed some pans and scared him away. I kept a plastic bottle he chewed through as a memento. |
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 22 Dec 2015 at 7:05pm |
ill never forget the time (just one of many) i lead a group of teenagers on a trip in the boundary waters. as one knows, the biffy is back in the woods away from camp. well one of the campers came running full steam back to camp with there pants down screaming "theirs a bear back there". i responded "ya right". well next thing you know the bear came bumbling down the trail into camp!! he/she was a nice bear though!! it was not uncommon on my many miles of hiking to stumble upon bears. my pal (journey, a minnesota siberian husky)would take off at them. usually about 2-4 hours later; and me continuing on my hike, journey was at my side(granted wore out!). hogone
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Jon & Pam
2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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