New owner of 171

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   Welcome! It seems like we're getting quite a few Pod owners in Washington State. We have a 175 and live in Open Sores (Ocean Shores). You'll like Scenic Beach. It's nice. The beach campgrounds at Fort Flagler and Fort Worden are also great. We're gonna  do Kalaloch week after next and try out our new Yamaha ef2000 generator. That's the first place I remember camping with my folks in about 1952 or so. 

I don't know if you're interested, but Ron C. Judd puts out a nice book-CAMPING WASHINGTON-published by the Mountaineers. It gives tons of useful info. We got our copy a year or so ago at COSTCO.

Congrats again on your new rig.

Steve

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Kickstart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Location: Ocean Shores, W Online Status: Offline Posts: 267	Topic: New owner of 171 Posted: 22 May 2011 at 7:14pm
	Welcome! It seems like we're getting quite a few Pod owners in Washington State. We have a 175 and live in Open Sores (Ocean Shores). You'll like Scenic Beach. It's nice. The beach campgrounds at Fort Flagler and Fort Worden are also great. We're gonna do Kalaloch week after next and try out our new Yamaha ef2000 generator. That's the first place I remember camping with my folks in about 1952 or so. I don't know if you're interested, but Ron C. Judd puts out a nice book-CAMPING WASHINGTON-published by the Mountaineers. It gives tons of useful info. We got our copy a year or so ago at COSTCO. Congrats again on your new rig. Steve

bhamster Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 May 2011 Location: Washington Online Status: Offline Posts: 165	Posted: 22 May 2011 at 3:43pm
	pabloa3- We're up in Bellingham (hence the name bhamster). We were actually at Deception pass when that picture was taken. It was a close first trip in case we had any mishaps or forgot something. We just got back from a trip to Silver Lake and I would highly recommend it (loop 2 if you can get it). Next month we're going to scenic beach campground on the Kitsap peninsula and that will be our first ferry ride with the pod. No hookups there, but it's supposed to be beautiful.

techntrek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059	Posted: 21 May 2011 at 10:04pm
	Looks the same size to me but its too dark for me to go out and look at mine to compare.
	Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

Podsible Dream Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Hightstown, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 571	Posted: 21 May 2011 at 6:33pm
	Good show! Welcome to the Pod world! Interesting that the new 171 HRE version has a larger front window than the east of the Rockies 2010 version. We are spending this weekend changing up from tenting to podding for our maiden voyage on Memorial Day weekend. (The Free Spirit had only a single three week trip with it's previous owner.) I wonder how else the 171 has evolved in the brief existence it has been on the market.
	Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8

jayber Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 19 Mar 2011 Location: CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 66	Posted: 21 May 2011 at 6:06pm
	Congratulations in choosing the best floorplan
	Jay 2010 Honda Odyssey RP 171 aka PodInn

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Posted: 21 May 2011 at 3:24pm
	Congratulations! It's great to see you putting your Pod to good use.

pabloa3 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Seattle, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 15	Posted: 21 May 2011 at 12:46pm
	Nice setup. Where in Washington? We live in Seattle and just took Pod-a-saurus (172) to Deception Pass a few weeks back. We have outings planned to American Heritage Campground, Taidnapan, and Millersylvania. I want to do more, but we now find ourselves in the middle of an unexpected (unexpected for good reasons) house move...so that is cutting into my time.
	2011 R-POD 172 HRE --> Pod-A-Saurus 2010 Nissan Xterra Offroad

tpierce220 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Oswego IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 281	Posted: 21 May 2011 at 12:11pm
	Nice pictures! Happy podding!!
	Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys.

Iteach5th Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 Nov 2010 Location: Floral Park, NY Online Status: Offline Posts: 109	Posted: 20 May 2011 at 8:30pm
	Sweet set up,, good luck and enjoy from the East Coast
	"Whether you think you can or think you can't, either way you are right"- Henry Ford 2011 RP-177 2009 Jeep Cherokee 1982 Coleman Redwood pup

bhamster Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 May 2011 Location: Washington Online Status: Offline Posts: 165	Posted: 20 May 2011 at 3:05pm
	I thought someone might ask Not too many Subarus towing out there, and mine is just the 2.5L 4-cylinder. It actually does pretty well. When I went to pick up the pod (5 hour drive) I had to go over a mountain pass (I90 snoqualmie pass). I had a strong headwind and sometimes crosswind and even on the steepest grades the slowest I went was 45mph. When I passed my first semi I knew it was doing alright. It's definitely not winning any speed records, but even if I had a more powerful car I probably wouldn't be going any faster in those conditions to preserve my MPG. On the flat freeway I stay around 50-60mph in 3rd gear and get about 13mpg. It handles the hitch weight pretty well also. I've heard that the self-leveling suspension helps with that. It's a bit bouncier, but no problems with sway so far. I did add a transmission cooler (optional), class III hitch, 7-pole connector, and a tekonsha prodigy P2 (which fits perfectly where the breaker panel door is). It took a few nights of tinkering to get it all setup, but everything went smoothly.