VANAGON archives -- April 2007, week 4 (#186)

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 In-Reply-To: <462D9AC0.7080907@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

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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