RPod 173 - new to forum

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   Hi,  
This in an introductory message. 
I am a retired librarian and my wife is an elementary school teacher (hint - summers off). 
We bought a used RPod 173 in February 2011 to take a long trip showing the western part of USA to my son, and re-acquaint myself.  We bought a used Suburban for a tow vehicle.  Summer 2011 we took a  trip from the southern tip of Texas to the NE corner of N Mexico then through all the national parks north of Colorado Springs to and including Glacier NP.  Then headed west to Seattle and Olympic NP and south through the Redwoods area and San Francisco, Yosemite and northern Los Angeles. About that time we needed to get home for my school teacher wife to set up her classroom for the next school year... so we hurried on home through ElPaso - Alpine - Laredo and home. 
details linked from  http://www.stexboat.com/vacation/vacation.htm   (hobby website) 
A link to a page listing various modifications we made is also there... as is a how-to on the very interesting microwave/convection oven.  
  We have not weekended in the RPod.  From where we live it is a long way to anywhere the weather is not hot. 
- Gerard Mittelstaedt 
   McAllen, Texas

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G_Mitt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 May 2012 Location: McAllen TX, USA Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Topic: RPod 173 - new to forum Posted: 14 May 2012 at 10:10pm
	Hi, This in an introductory message. I am a retired librarian and my wife is an elementary school teacher (hint - summers off). We bought a used RPod 173 in February 2011 to take a long trip showing the western part of USA to my son, and re-acquaint myself. We bought a used Suburban for a tow vehicle. Summer 2011 we took a trip from the southern tip of Texas to the NE corner of N Mexico then through all the national parks north of Colorado Springs to and including Glacier NP. Then headed west to Seattle and Olympic NP and south through the Redwoods area and San Francisco, Yosemite and northern Los Angeles. About that time we needed to get home for my school teacher wife to set up her classroom for the next school year... so we hurried on home through ElPaso - Alpine - Laredo and home. details linked from http://www.stexboat.com/vacation/vacation.htm (hobby website) A link to a page listing various modifications we made is also there... as is a how-to on the very interesting microwave/convection oven. We have not weekended in the RPod. From where we live it is a long way to anywhere the weather is not hot. - Gerard Mittelstaedt McAllen, Texas
	Gerard Mittelstaedt McAllen, TX USA gmitt@ymail.com

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: 15 May 2012 at 9:39am
	Gerard, it's great to find you here! Tim
	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.

Panama Red Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 20 Apr 2012 Location: Irmo, SC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 15 May 2012 at 2:40pm
	Really enjoyed your blog/pictures and welcome.

Snowbound Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270	Posted: 15 May 2012 at 3:16pm
	Sounds like a nice trip. We enjoyed ourselves in that part of North America last fall. Welcome to the forum. Tom and Bette
	Tom and Bette in our 177 "The Gastropod"

rex Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 24 Sep 2011 Location: stuart fla Online Status: Offline Posts: 119	Posted: 15 May 2012 at 9:24pm
	WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF PODDING,SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD A GREAT TIME,ENJOYED YOUR PICTURES,HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU rex pHp stuart fla
	jrr

Hodge-PODge Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Location: Calhoun, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 539	Posted: 16 May 2012 at 8:26am
	Welcome - and thank for sharing!
	2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it."

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: 16 May 2012 at 10:57am
	Welcome. We plan on doing the same as you in a year or two. Just bought a Suburban and bought the pod, both specifically for 1 or 2 tours around the US. Plus all of our usual weekend and week-long trips. If you have any questions, fire away.
	Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

Hawkeyes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 12 Oct 2010 Location: Iowa Online Status: Offline Posts: 99	Posted: 16 May 2012 at 1:29pm
	Really enjoyed your website and pictures. Thanks so much for sharing. We are going to camp in Colorado this summer and any ideas of "do or don't" is appreciated.
	Hawkpod 2013 Surveyor Sport 189 2017 Chevy Silverado