Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:27:41 -0400
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Westy Shower Solution --- now on Sale
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I'm with you on that! I don't wash dishes in the sink in such places unless
it's just a matter of, say, rinsing a knife that I used to cut fruit. Use
the bathroom sink if needed (and possible), make sure to dump all food
scraps in the trash, wipe out bowls or pots with a paper towel very well
before getting water involved.
I should have a hose and a jug, I know. But a jug full of gray water is one
more thing to have to find room for until you can find the right place to
dump it.
Joy
:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
:::Of Michael Elliott
:::Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 1:51 AM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: Westy Shower Solution --- now on Sale
:::
:::I make it a habit to always run my sink drain (bit of garden hose, like
:::Mike describes) into a jug, also. If I was doing "dispersed camping",
:::i.e., no assigned camp sites in a large area, I might get a little
:::lazier, but most of my camping is in places where one parks the van in
:::defined sites. I figure that if I leave a wet spot behind with a little
:::grease, coffee cup rinsings, soap (even biodegradable) and food
:::particles -- and the next person does, and the next, and the
:::next...after a while the whole area where the vehicle is meant to park
:::would get grotty.
:::
:::--
:::Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
:::71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
:::84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
:::74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
:::KG6RCR
:::
:::
:::
:::Mike Collum typed:
:::> Joy Hecht wrote:
:::>> Wow! Do they slash your van to pieces if you run water in your sink,
:::>> too?
:::>
:::> Only if you let drain to the ground, Joy. Surely you put a gray water
:::> catchment tank under there, don't you?
:::>
:::> I use a 5 gallon collapsible with a short length of garden hose from
:::the
:::> sink drain which runs inside it. A standard female garden hose
:::> connector screws right to the sink drain.
:::>
:::> Mike
:::>
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