Labor Day Weekend
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Topic: Labor Day Weekend
Posted By: dsmiths
Subject: Labor Day Weekend
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 10:51pm
Well we don't normally go poddin on long holiday weekends. but, I had some minor surgery on my right foot and have not been able to be very active. I have had to wear one of those post surgery boots on my right foot, this means , no camping, no fishing, no going down into the woods etc. Stitches come out Tuesday and we are heading to Hoosier National Forest, our close to home get away. don't try to stop me. We have reservations. If I don't get out of this house and do something fun somebody is going to pay. (probably me) We are gone for a two nighter. Where are you going ?????  ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
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Posted By: RPodWeGo
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2013 at 11:53pm
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We're going to Kodachrome Basin State Park in Southern Utah. Lookin' forward to a few slot canyons ------------- RPodWeGo RPod 177 04 v8 Toyota 4Runner |
Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 12:18am
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We like to avoid the holiday crowds too -- and Labor Day weekend will be among the worst in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but that's where we're headed anyway. It's a free 3-day weekend and I'm going to make 9 days out of it. We're still fairly new to pod camping, having always tent camped before. We have reservations for 4 nights in the GSMNP, and we'll probably stay there the whole time. It's really our favorite place to go. But with the wheels under our shelter, and no worries about packing up wet, we might head out to other venues while we're gone this time. TT ------------- 2010 176 FJ Cruiser |
Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 2:09am
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I'm heading out also. Just to a campground. Being retired it is just another weekend. Terry ------------- RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
Posted By: HuronSailor
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 9:34am
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Annual camp out with a bunch of family members and friends on Lake Huron. I think there's 17 campers this year. ------------- .: Mark & Beth :: Silverado 5.3L :: 2018 rPod 180 :. |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 10:28am
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We usually avoid the holiday weekends too, but within two weeks of this summer's vacation we were feeling the itch so we booked a trip for this coming weekend. Hickory Run state park in PA, something new for us. One advantage of the pod is you can block out the drunk rowdy holiday weekend crowd. That was a problem in our popup. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: coopercdrkey
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 1:25pm
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We can't go anywhere! This is one of our biggest weekends at the
property we manage. Then, as a reward for working all three days while everyone else is off, the following weekend is our annual owners' meeting! More fun! That Sunday night, however, the Key Pod will be brought in from the barn, stocked up, chilled down, and ready to roll! We're off to Manatee Springs State Park for a couple of "getaway nights." Don't call us- we'll (not) call you!  ------------- Bob and Joyce Jennifer and Baxter, the Campin' Cocker Spaniels RP 177 "Key Pod" Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT / Z71 |
Posted By: Paige
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 2:52pm
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I love Kodachrome State Park! We did the whole Colorado Plateau two years ago...Bryce, Zion, Grand Canyon, Capital Reef, Canyonlands, Arches and Kodachrome...then caught the Great Sand Dunes on the way home as well as Mesa Verde. Fantastic places! ------------- Paige and Pete 2010 177 - RPug 2012 Rav (six cylinder) New York & Florida residents 
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Posted By: Zag
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 8:52pm
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After doing a good number of local outings this summer to get ourselves familiar with Cutie-Pod we are doing our last and longest trip to Kelowna.
Since we are based on Vancouver Island it's time consuming and costly to get over to the mainland but after a half dozen trips I'm eager to try doing a longer haul We just replaced the friction sway bar and after some research learned our TV has a transmission cooler already installed so I am feeling good about taking on the climb. ------------- 2009 RP-152 (Cutie-Pod) 2001 Nissan Pathfinder |
Posted By: DavidW
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 9:45pm
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This week-end I have to travel from Ottawa to Sudbury to drop off our eldest daughter at Laurentian University (1st year). It will be the longest trip for the R-Pod but will allow me to check out three new Ontario Provincial Parks (write ups and pictures to follow) - Marten River (north of North Bay), Windy Lake (north of Sudbury) and Arrowhead (near Huntsville). I may also check out Lake of Two Rivers campground in Algonquin Park on the way back to see what their pet beach is like. ------------- David & Liz 2014 R-Pod 178 2019 Chevy Traverse And Lily (our 8 yr old Golden) 
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Posted By: The Pod Couple
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 11:03pm
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We haven't received our Pod yet (just put a deposit down yesterday), so will be on our motorcycles heading north to Benbow Inn and riding through the redwoods. Enjoy your weekend everyone! ------------- Larry &Pat The Pod Couple 2001 Ford F150 2014 RPod 178 |
Posted By: sammycamper
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 11:43pm
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Hmmmmmmmmmm...Podin' vs motorcycle riding. You are in for some tough choices, Larry & Pat. (But, how can you go wrong?) Sam------------- 2012 rPod 173 2008 Trailblazer 4WD V6 |
Posted By: P&M
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 8:39am
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Splitting the weekend crowds by heading out on Sunday to the coast (Hunting Island SP in SC) which allows us to miss a lot of the Friday night and Saturday traffic, as well as the Monday heading home traffic. Spending the week there and it should be nice weather and no crowds come Tuesday! ------------- P & M ... and Comet too! 2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 9:31am
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When we did annual trips to the beach we did the same thing, always going down Saturday-Saturday. Missed all the traffic and had a day to catch up at home before going back to work. Haven't done that in a few years with so many other destinations to see. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: P&M
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 10:45am
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Yeah, we find it to be the best way of doing the week-long trips. And given that M travels every week for her job having that day at home to recover and get ready is the only way for her. ------------- P & M ... and Comet too! 2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 9:20pm
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We were at Hunting Island last Thanksgiving. Maybe it was two years ago. Great weather anyway. The place was packed though, all week the week after Thanksgiving. Fun place, especially if you like raccoons. Beaufort is a fun town too. We'll go back before long. TT ------------- 2010 176 FJ Cruiser |