RE: Where do you go to the bathroom?

tlhdoc · Sep 28, 2003, 07:05 PM

After talking to a friend that has a cassette potty but doesn t use it. I started wondering what others do. So here is the poll.

AustinBoston · Jun 02, 2003, 08:47 AM

tlhdocOur thinking is that our pop-up is a kitchen (among other things). Going in the kitchen is not in the least appealing to me.

There have only been a few campground bathrooms (out of a hundred or more) that have made me wish I had a porta-potti.

Austin

g-whiz · Jun 02, 2003, 10:48 AM

tlhdocI agree with AustinBoston about going in the kitchen so we walk to the campground restrooms. Only once have the facilities been questionable and that was only because the raccoons used the toilets to wash their food. [: (] Sometimes the walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night makes me think a porta-potti would be nice, but after two plus years we still have not purchased one.

Jeffrey · Jun 02, 2003, 03:24 PM

tlhdocIt depends where I am, at the time..........................
I figure as long as it is not in my pants, it s all good![

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Kelly · Jun 02, 2003, 07:28 PM

tlhdoc[font=" comic sans ms" ]I think of our PU as a bedroom ~ not gonna use the toilet in there either!
With 4 small kids I thought about a porta potty, but I m happy to report that on our last outing no midnight runs were made to the CG bathrooms. If we can make it through when they are this young I think I ll skip the porta potty...(and yes the 2-year old is toilet trained) [/font]

SactoCampers · Jun 02, 2003, 07:41 PM

Kelly

QuoteIf we can make it through when they are this young I think I ll skip the porta potty...(and yes the 2-year old is toilet trained)

Forget the kids, after several beers *I M* the one who has to make a couple midnight potty visits. The cassette potty is the most treasured feature in our trailer [8D]. Although now looking at the list, a tree would suffice for me, but not Mrs. Sacto.

garym053 · Jun 02, 2003, 09:09 PM

tlhdocNot wanting to start anything here, BUT isn t using a tree worse than throwing the dish water out instead of dumping it properly?
Just wondering what your thoughts are?
I know some people who used the closest tree every night, I asked them if they would like to stay on a site where everyone did that? They now walk to the bathrooms.

whitestar505 · Jun 03, 2003, 06:11 AM

garym053garym053,

" " Not wanting to start anything here, BUT isn t using a tree worse than throwing the dish water out instead of dumping it properly?
Just wondering what your thoughts are?
I know some people who used the closest tree every night, I asked them if they would like to stay on a site where everyone did that? They now walk to the bathrooms" "

Gary, you do, you just don t know it.. Where do all the animals go in the woods. You are an animal, I bet your wife tells you that all the time.[

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SactoCampers · Jun 03, 2003, 10:05 AM

garym053

QuoteORIGINAL: garym053

Not wanting to start anything here, BUT isn t using a tree worse than throwing the dish water out instead of dumping it properly?
Just wondering what your thoughts are?

My comment was tongue-in-cheek. Of course, site size, general popularity of the campground, and just plain good judgement would dictate whether I would take a leak outdoors. Most likely it wouldn t be at the campsite but somewhere way back in the brush or woods. So, that s why I use the cassette potty.

Some interesting reading (beware for those with a sensitive stomach and probably inappropriate for children).....

[link=http://skepdic.com/urine.html]Click Here[/link]

Jo Ann · Jun 03, 2003, 10:17 AM

tlhdocwithout getting too graphic... #2 in the cg bathroom, and #1 in either place depending on the circumstances, but more often than not, its in the cg bathroom.

garym053 · Jun 03, 2003, 12:16 PM

tlhdocSactocamper, wasn t really picking on you, thought your comment may have been in jest, but it got me to thinking and remembering what happened with these other people AND the famous grey water threads!!!
Obviously there are times hiking and camping when the nearest tree is the only thing available. Imagine getting to your site and having the kids play in the only " mud" puddle around and it happens to be behind a nice tree!

SactoCampers · Jun 03, 2003, 12:21 PM

garym053

QuoteORIGINAL: garym053

Sactocamper, wasn t really picking on you, thought your comment may have been in jest, but it got me to thinking and remembering what happened with these other people AND the famous grey water threads!!!

Yep!

QuoteObviously there are times hiking and camping when the nearest tree is the only thing available. Imagine getting to your site and having the kids play in the only " mud" puddle around and it happens to be behind a nice tree!

Good point. Discretion and good judgement should always be used, but those definitions tend to vary from person to person. So when in doubt, pee in the campfire! [8D][8D][

]. Totally kidding with that one.

garym053 · Jun 03, 2003, 02:23 PM

tlhdocEspecially if you are cooking over it at the time, it imparts a peculiar flavor and aroma!

I think this is getting out of control!!!

whitestar505 · Jun 03, 2003, 02:45 PM

garym053Garym053,

Quoteremembering what happened with these other people AND the famous grey water threads!!!

I remember these threads, If I am on the right thread I was one of those people having a discussion on the grey water. Because of that discussion I now use grey water cans. I was educated, I do beleive to some respect that nature can take care of a lot of this mess and does. With respect to your needs, I do know what you are refurring about with one camper in and one out. Yes we do need to keep the area better then when we moved into it. AND I MEAN ALL OF US![

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garym053 · Jun 03, 2003, 10:41 PM

tlhdocYou are right, Whitestar505! Because of those threads, I bought a bigger wheeled blue tote and modified a tractor funnel so I could more easily dump my dishwater without spilling it on the ground!

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