Some of the places we frequent do not have facilities or at least do not have showers. We solve this with a porta potty and one of those plastic showers...this puppy is essentially a four wall affair with inflatible "rings" top and bottom and string to hang it. The question is: how to hang it?! In our case, because we already use those old fashioned tube racks that clamp to rain gutters (to haul our kayaks or canoe) and because we already had a homemade lantern pole made of 1/2 galvinized pipe threaded in the middle with coupling (in order to break it down) with a solid round stock hook affair that slides *inside* the pipe, I just slide the top half of the lantern pole (and adjustable hook) into the tube rack (I drilled holes through both and slide a bolt through to secure it) and walla! I can hang our 5 liter solar water bag and the shower curtain fron this and shower ourselves into a coma! The shower is available at REI, etc. and comes in a cedar crate like container that unfolds into a floor for the shower. The whole thing is no bigger than a hard cover book. And, since everyone likes to be clean, it sure makes our camping options much more open. We just used this thing over the weekend at Kirk Creek Campground, one of our favorites, at the ocean. And, since we hiked up the Vincente trail through a ton of PO (Poison Oak), it sure was nice to have the shower to wash off in when we got back. BTW, my sweet babboo loves tech stuff and her little pedometer showed 7.97 miles round trip and 14323 steps. I think that made her more tired than the hike itself. Kit Carter 85 Westy GL
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