maiden trip to deception pass

We are waking up on our first morning in pod-o-saurus. So far so good...except for the rain yesterday and last night. Our two boys have been enjoying the outdoors and watching films inside in our 172. As for sleeping we started with me and one boy in the bottom bunk with my wife and another boy in the top bunk. Ended with both boys in the bottom bunk, wife in top bunk and me on the dinette. Temp in the pod maintains itself well - heater only came on a few times during the night. Cooked dinner inside last night...yes, I set off the smoke alarm.

I need to work on organizing our stuff better and "fix" the dinette storage cover as it is about 1inch too long so it always rubs against the cushion when being lifted. I will upload some photos later as it isn't working from my phone as I type this

Paul

Well, it sounds like you gave the Pod a good christening, Pabloa3! 

Make sure you have the right cushions in the right place on the dinette.  I kept getting annoyed at the overlap getting in the way when I lifted the seat to get something.  Until I realized just how stupid I was and by swapping the cushions the overlap went away. 

Pod-o-saurus,

It rained on our first trip out with Just Poddin' Along (176T). We looked at it as a great test for leaks?

I agree that camping in the pod in any weather is an adventure not to be missed. If you were home and it was raining, you would just be home and it was raining!

Ok...I actually only have a few photos...I thought I took a lot more...



Here is pod-o-saurus in our driveway


Enjoying some champagne...at least for the adults.



And a feeble attempt at setting up the rdome.  by the way, forest river has apparently listened to everyone as the rdome was pretty easy to slide on the rail...only took a few minutes and I never had to adjust screws or add gel to make it easier.

Next time I'll spend more time at setting up the rdome so it looks better and not so droopy.  I'm assuming it's because I didn't stake it and fully connect it to the rpod.

As for mods...I added a shampoo/conditioner/soap dispenser into the bathroom - works great.

I added one 3m brass command hook under the thermostat.  I added a 3m organizer (I believe it was meant for spices) into the bottom bunk.  Other than that it gave me a reason to spend a bunch of money on stuff like corelle plates/bowls, small toolkit, new pots/pans, tumblers and few other items.

One question:  should the grey and black water tank gauges ever be accurate?  I assumed they would be on my first trip, but after one night it showed both tanks as 2/3 full...we didn't flush that much!  Aside from washing hands and dishes I don't see how we put 20+ gallons into the grey water tank.  If the gauges are not dependable, are there other methods for seeings how full your tanks are?

Paul