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Raccoon Holler, sounds like it will be fun. Where do I find out about the details like the date, location etc. We just might be there is the timing is right. Sandee is putting the finishing touches on her PhD diseration and this would be a great event to let out al those years of research and writing.

After four years of looking around for an some sort of RV to fit our lifestyle (tent camping) we decided that the R-Pod best fit. I am a 33 year Navy Vet. (retired now for 4 yrs.) Sandee, my wife, teaches at two local colleges in the science department, her background is geology and paletogist (never could spell that word).
We like to visit the National Parks ( visited 142 so far) and dig for gems, minerals and fossils. We belong to a National Parks club and each year the club holds a convention in a different part of the US. Last year the convention was at Apostle Islands in Wisconsin (Sandee home state) we spent an entire month visiting MN, WI & MI. Parks we visited were Isle Royale NP, Grand Portage NM Apostle Islands NS, Kewanaw NHA (spent 2 weeks in this area hunting for Lake Superior agates and copper), Pictured Rocks NS, SLeeping Bear Dunes and Potoski State park. All the time we camped in tents.
Tent camping is great, we had great weather but this year we will be visiting National Parks in GA, FL, MS, LA, AR( hunting for diamonds and crystals in this state), OK, MO and then back to WI for a visit with family. The convention this year will be at Shiloh National Battlefield.
We both grew up camping in a tent, but we figured we are getting a bit long in the tooth to be putting up with the heat. Live in Virginia Beach, VA and are used to the heat, but sleeping in a tent in the south in the summer is just a bit too much.
So we pulled the trigger today and bought a 2013, 177. We could not pass up the great price we were offered, who had a truck load of newer models inbound.
I have been reading the forums and have already found out I do not know anything. So I am making check lists of all this new stuff. I esp. like the modifications forum because Sandee has already mentioned a few she wants this site has been great.
Just wanted to introduce myself and say howdy.
Carl