Date:         Sat, 9 Mar 2002 16:17:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Blake Thornton <thornton@MATH.UTAH.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Blake Thornton <thornton@MATH.UTAH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Westy Shower
Comments: To: Tim <tim@cwo.com>
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Tim,

I'm glad you liked the shower.  A back door shower would be great, but I'm
not too sure how well it would work with our hatches (I think the ford
doors would make it a bit easier).

I also would prefer a shower mounted outside the van, but I tend to do
more urban stealth camping then most.  With this setup I can remain fairly
incognito while camping in front of someone's house.  I only have to have
the top popped up for about a half an hour and then I can drive away.  Or,
I can shower in a parking lot somewhere.

Blake


On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Tim wrote:

> Thanks for sharing Blake. The time and effort people take to make
> camp/travel more comfortable can be appreciated by many. This has to be the
> best and least expensive indoor shower I have seen. Great project.
> Personally I am not a cold weather camper and really appreciate showering
> outdoors. In the late 80's and early 90's when I had a 1980 Ford Van
> outfitted for triathlon and travel I used to shower off the back doors. I
> hung a solar shower on the rear of the roof and when I needed to shower I
> would wear speedo's, open the rear doors, pull down the shower spout, wet
> down, wash, rinse, grab a towel inside the van, close the rear doors, enter
> the sliding door and close, change clothes, exit the sliding door clean
> body-clean clothes-refeshed. As soon as I find the perfect Vanagon I will
> set it up for the same but you can expect me to have a Blake designed shower
> stored somewhere inside. Thanks Blake.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> > Well, I finally took photos of my Westy shower and posted them.  I think
> > it works quite nicely with only minor drawbacks.
> >
> > Here is the link:
> >
> > http://sierra.westminstercollege.edu/vanagon/shower/
> >
> >
> > Blake
> > Salt Lake City
> >
>