Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:14:47 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty
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Here ya go good buddy, this is worth a pint
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPDARD-PN-g
Alistair
On 2013-08-21, at 6:44 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Prof. McNeely -- you are indeed correct in indentifying the river as the
> Des Chutes. Your friend, who was an "[...] avid fly fisherman"
> accurately labeled it as "[...] the 'Devil's Chute River,' for the
> impossibility of wade fishing." You write that he said that "[...] the
> first time he tried to fish it, he stepped into fast, deep water,
> flailed himself back to the bank and clambered up."
>
> And yup, yeah, that's where I hope to yank water up from using my
> highly-complicated water-pumpeage rig.
>
> And those of you who josh -- yes josh! -- at my plan to extract potable
> water from the Deschutes river using hoses and pumps and Other High
> Technologies are invited to visit my camp site on the eastern bank of
> the river and see how quickly your puny 1/4'' inch rope and canvas water
> buckets and your State Park "Gee -- there's a hose bib right down the
> road" expectations die hard out here in the High Desert.
>
> I offer a PINT (yes, a pint) of whisky and a fine, fine, camping site to
> those who that might arrive on the 9th and depart on the 13th and those
> who might arrive on the 16th through the 2nd.
>
> Mrs Elliott is coming up for the weekend
>
> So between the 13th and the 16th, best not to be here.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 08/21/2013 05:17 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>> Rocket, I take it that you will be on the DeSchutes River (sp?). A
>> friend of mine, avid fly fisherman, labeled it the "Devil's Chute
>> River," for the impossibility of wade fishing. He said the first
>> time he tried to fish it, he stepped into fast, deep water, flailed
>> himself back to the bank and clambered up. Next he spent about an
>> hour scouting for a decent place to enter and fish. Finally
>> concluded that he would just have to walk the bank, which he did
>> without much satisfaction. He ultimately learned to fish it with
>> some degree of more or less satisfaction, but never really liked it.
>> And that was when he was in his twenties, at the height of a young
>> man's belief in the infallibility of his body.
>>
>> But, wife and I did enjoy an interlude on said stream just about a
>> year ago. Wonderful country.
>>
>> mcneely
>>
>> ---- Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> You will surely qualify for a Rube Goldberg award of some kind ;)
>>>
>>> -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 72
>>> 411 Station Wagon "Pug" 75 914 1.8 "Nancy" Full Timing From March
>>> 1999 To January 2012 oldvolkshome@gmail.com
>>> http://www.oldvolkshome.com Find me on Facebook:
>>> http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Thompson/100000710343835
>>> ***********************************
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
>>> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 08/17/2013 09:19 AM, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> All sounds good, Mr. Squirrel. When I am at a suitable water
>>>>> source such as your river, I just use a bucket. Pump is more
>>>>> eloquent, I suppose, but also requires more stuff and more
>>>>> doing.
>>>>
>>>> Aye, that it does. But the particular bank I plan to camp on on
>>>> this particular river is quite steep and the water hits
>>>> waist-deep about 6'' from the "shore." Current's strong, too.
>>>> There isn't a place to stand and dip water. Would need to immerse
>>>> myself, then somehow haul myself and the bucket up the steep
>>>> bank. Then do it a few more times. Thus the pump and hose I will
>>>> toss in the water.
>>>>
>>>> The pump and its hose are heavier than water. They would sink to
>>>> the bottom and pump up silt if I just tossed them in. So I'll use
>>>> a float to keep the pump up off the bottom. The pump will dangle
>>>> on 2' of hose below the float. An anchor (a mesh bag of rocks,
>>>> really) will keep the pump and float from drifting downstream.
>>>>
>>>> I think I've designed this to work. And possibly win an award for
>>>> most complicated way to go about doing anything, ever.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BTW, what water treatment do you use? If I am going to use the
>>>> water
>>>>> without boiling, I use chlorine bleach.
>>>>
>>>> I'm going back and forth between chlorine bleach and iodine.
>>>> Both effective, both cheap, both e-z-2-do, but both taste crummy.
>>>> There are other methods but they are not inexpensive or don't
>>>> easily handle larger volumes of water like in the Westy fresh
>>>> water tank.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>>> Bend, Ore.
>>
>> -- David McNeely
>>
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