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Posted: 29 Jun 2011 at 2:33pm

I also offer my sympathy. Such things are difficult.

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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 10:23pm

Thanks, Doug. I appreciate your condolences. And I'm with you in regard to Mountain Mist -- peach jam does sound goo-o-o-o-o-od!

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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 9:08pm

Diane, I also offer my sympathy. At least you gave him the chance to go on his terms.

mountain mist - mmmmmm, peach jam.

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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 6:18pm

Yeah, I couldn't believe the price, either. My son-in-law booked for us or else I would never have paid that price. I believe I could have got a hotel room for that price. And online there were a lot of complaints about that campground - well, not about the campground itself, but about the management.

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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 6:03pm

I checked into Tremont, forget it! Have they gone up and up. Took 2 of the young Grands there and some years ago the oldest grand. I have though of maybe renting a cabin there, but maybe not

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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 5:52pm

Thank you for your sympathy. And yes, it was a good way to use the pod.

By the way, I will be over your way on Labor Day weekend. My daughter, son-in-law, and grandsons are camping at Tremont Outdoor Resort (didn't that used to be Tremont Hills?). There weren't many sites left but we got two on the river, and we are paying a small fortune for them because of the holiday weekend. That's what we get for the Smokies being the most visited national park in America!

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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 5:41pm

I am sorry for your loss. I am sure your Mother, being frail, really needed you there. AND such a unique way. I used mine when a dear friend went in for heart surgery last year. Was great to have a place to sleep and not drive 40 miles home every night.

I hear you talking when you say the prices are high in resort towns.

Will not be able to leave until after the 7th of July( and that is kind of iffy too). Have been combing the campgounds, would you believe Elkmont in the Park has nothing I would want to camp on until sometime in September and nothing , of course, on the river. I have been eyeing Townsend. Oh well, I am making and freezing meals for a sick friend and plan to get a run of peach jam done this week and Weed, Weed, Weed

Being gone and coming back after a lot of rain has my patch looking like a jungle.

Sounds as if you may have another Pod person there. After so many months without using mine, I might as well be starting over. Just need to get out there and learn to say NO. I am going to look into the camp grounds in the Ga. mountains, some that you recommended.

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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 4:17pm

Originally posted by sanjerga

Hey Diane! The dome is a little cumbersome but well worth the time. It's an extra room, keeps the dew off and great to sit in when it's raining!

Hope to see you around soon....we went to Salacoa Creek this past weekend and McKinney on Allatoona a few weeks ago.

Hey Jerry and Sandy,

I went to Fort Mountain State Park on Memorial Day Weekend. I love it up there, so I had a great maiden voyage with my grandsons. Haven't tried camping at Salacoa Creek yet -- it is almost in my backyard -- and not nearly as big (I live on a 44 acre farm in Red Bud)!

I had a family emergency and pulled my rpod up to my mom's backyard in Brevard, near Asheville, NC, so I wouldn't have to get a hotel room there. The prices of hotels in that little mountain town in the summertime are outrageous, and I also needed to be closer to my mom's house. My stepdad was very ill and subsequently passed away this past week. My sister and I nursed him in order to spare our mother who is frail and could not have done it, and he didn't want to be hospitalized. It was a horrible time for my stepdad and for all of us, too, but my rpod did give me a little peace and comfort as my home away from home -- even if I did give the jacks a good "sanding" going up the driveway But the pod was a blessing for sure.

I will be back up there in the NC mountains mid July to "properly" camp out for our family reunion. I love camping in the pod. It's so easy to set up and break down camp. One of my aunts who has owned several RVs - motorcoach, 5th wheel, truck camper, etc., - took one look at my Rpod and fell in love with it. My uncle said, "Oh, no, Diane -- you've gone and done it now!"

I missed the owners forum a lot while I was gone (had a laptop but was too busy to log on) -- I almost feel like I have family here - well, friends anyway.

Diane

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