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    Posted: 25 Jun 2014 at 9:26pm
list all of them is going to be a challenge. So here it goes.

1. 1971 Chev. Vega Panel
2.  1976 Ford Van. Captains Seats, no windows, bed and ice box, shag carpet.
3.  60's something Terry 12' TT. 1976 Chev short box pickup,6 cyl. 3 on the tree.($2999.00 new)
4.  8' pickup camper/slide in no over the cab. 1978 Ford 4x4 F 150
5.  8.5' over the cab pickup camper, Ford F150
6.  1980 chev high top camping van.
7.  16' coachman TT' , Jeep Wagoner 
8.  8.5 Flitway Truck camper, 1990 Ford F 150 4x4
9.  8.5 coachman  truck camper, 1995 Chev 3/4  4x4
10. 21' Macgregor Sailboat
11. 2005 Starcraft pop up truck camper, 1995 Chev 3/4 
12. 1990 27' TT
13. 1997 Ford Class B
14. Built a Custom Woody Teardrop (still have, now our picnic basket and kayak carrier)
15  2010 R Pod 176 T, 2005 Dodge Dakota
 
missed
5.5 insbrook 8' truck camper stand up but not over the cab.

As you see Truck Campers my Favorite, Wife enjoying the room and potti in the R Pod. She's Happy - I'm Happy...
176T, Dodge Dakota TV,
South Carolina
Dave,Mary and Olivia(sheltie)
Suzuki V-Strom Adventure,
Custom built TearDrop
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My first RV experience beside Tent camping was camping with the Olsons. They had a new 1965 cattle truck we put a trap over, nailed army surplus bunk beds in and headed to Minn. Lakes. Quite the sight at the Dairy Queen. Cattle door opens and 6 kids jumped out.
Later they up graded to a converted School Bus.  Camping, Great Memories..
176T, Dodge Dakota TV,
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1976 Ericson 23. Purchased new in 1976. She had a brownish-red hull and I named her Cinnamon Girl



Oh, RV?! My first RV was/is a 2014 rPod 178!
2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6
Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks!
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Always tented started on the East Coast and have moved to sunny Ca. camped with our three kids all over the Sierras and most of Ca. First RV our new 179 R-pod ..wow nothing like waking up on a cold morning and just pushing a button for the heater and starting the coffee pot !! No walking through a dark campground looking for the bathroom in the middle of a rainy night anymore !! 
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Used a 1951 Terry until recently (still have it for winter trips) but wanted to extend the season a bit in our hot desert. Rpod can get into all the same places our tiny Terry managed. Looking forward to the larger bed and ac! :)
Joe & Denese
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2009 Jeep Unlimited 4x4
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I tent camped in our backyard as a kid, then later met my future wife, who had a tent! We tent camped a few years, then bought a used 1985 Coleman Columbia popup camper with rooftop A/C on a whim. We never used the tent again! Then while at an outdoor RV show last fall, we saw an Rpod. It was love at first sight! We took delivery of our RP178 on March 29th of this year. To date we have hauled that little camper almost 5,000 miles. We Love our Rpod!! Which I remind myself of every time I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.....
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Gorgeous sailboat!! I grew up sailing down on Cape Cod............not much sailing in Northern Vermont.
Leo & Melissa Bachand
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2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk
Previously owned
2015 Rpod 179
2010 Rpod 171
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Posts: 457 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Jul 2014 at 5:29pm
I guess my first tent was really just half a tent!  On bivouac, you had to "buddy up" and button your shelter halves together.  (You each had one of two tent poles, and half the required tent pegs, too.)

Later, after commissioning, six or so junior officers could fit in one staff tent.  Big improvement!

As for civilian camping, a two person tent with rain fly and inflatable mattress was OK up to a point, but
our 2013 RP-177 sure fits our "over 60" bodies better!  (The Campin' Cocker Spaniels like it, too!)
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Jennifer and Baxter, the Campin' Cocker Spaniels
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Buttons or snaps?
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2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Buttons!  It was a long time ago....
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