Date:         Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:10:07 -0800
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From:         Carter <carters@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: Westy Shower
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Marshall R. typed >Now, does anybody have a good practical solution for
taking a shower with the Westy?<

Even though this was tongue-in-cheek, our solution is one of those solar
bags plus the plastic curtain/cedar floor combi's available at REI and
others. Now this is not a big revelation in itself, but the question of how
to rig this puppy up was a bit of a challenge but not for long.

I have a homemade kayak rack (I posted awhile back on this one...made the
saddles out of 10-inch PVC, nuked in the micro) so I just slide the bottom
part of my homemade lantern pole (1/2-inch gal pipe) into the hollow tube
for said (rear) rack and hang both bag & curtain on the pole. I drilled
through both rack and pole and use a 1/4-inch bolt for a pin to prevent the
pole from sliding. This contraption sticks out from the side about 3 feet
and is just high enough to work.

This set up has allowed us to camp where there is no shower or a handy
tree...places like Kirk Creek in Big Sur (also good for washing off poison
oak) and El Burro Beach, south of Mulege in Baja (somebody has to go!). When
not used as a shower, we keep & use the porta-potty in the shower curtain
when boondocking.

Kit Carter, 85 Westy
central coast, CA