New r-pod 177

Congrats on the new r-pod.  We bought our 2010 177 less then a month ago.  The more time you spend in it, the better you'll get at packing.  We store our clothes in a bin that we can slide in and out  beneath the bed.  Some extra clothes are now under our pillows on the bed---until we figure out somewhere else.   I store a few pots and pans in the microwave.  I store a lot of food under the starboard settee, and misc. under the other settee.  You can only use half the space under the 2nd one because of all the wires.  I've added 4 over-the-door hooks to the bathroom door for lots of stuff including my laundry bag.      Anyway, you will get better at figuring it all out when you sit in it and use your imagination.   Joy & Steve

We are in our second season with our 177 and get better at organizing each time out.  WE use laundry baskets under the bed for clothing, and gave the "closet" that was hanging in the bathroom the deep 6.  Dar made a bunch of pockets that hang on the outside of the bathroom, and put a shoe organizer on the bathroom door and they are great for storing small things.  She has done a great job of organizing the supplies and impliments in the kitchen area, and the inventory has been changing and evolving.  Levelers, tools, hoses and cords etc. are in our pass through area in the back, and under the seats are odds and ends storage.  It is packed fairly full, and we try and have what we need to have fun.  I also have a bed cover on our TV, and have some storage there (fishing equipment, generator if needed, cooler, tools, etc.  We were able to stay comfortably for two weeks last fall, and a week this year with no problems.  Looking forward to another week in June!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Podding... New ourselves with our 2012 -177 only been out twice but more on the horizon.  Next trip in June will be taking our grandson to a dogshow. Introduce the lad to podding and dog shows.  I think it will be a while before we have all three grandkids and 3 pugs in the PugPod at the same time. Actually flew to Albequerque last weekend. Daughter # 2 got her masters in biology thiesis on Rattle Snakes. Not enough time off to take the PugPod but a good time nonetheless.

Thanks for all the warm welcomes!  I packed up the "Escape" Pod and surprisingly was able to fit everything that I felt important from our tent trailer.  We are off for our first weekend camping in the r-pod.

We just took our 2012 R Pod 177 on its first trip.  Five beautiful sunny days.  We have not camped for twenty years.  We did not set up the R Dome this time.   A couple items of note.  The emergency brake cable would drag unless corrected.  The sink plumbing was not correctly set up.  The hose was completely separated from the sink.   The first morning my wife and friend noticed water dripping out from the slide.  On the first cold night I turned the furnace on at five AM.  One minute later an alarm went off.  Turned off the furnace.  Turns out the plumbing was not correctly installed from the sink to the waste line.  Needs a certain set up to work with the slide.  The alarm went off because of an oily film put on the grate by the furnace when built.
Towed great with our 2004 Avalanche.