Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:12:22 -0400
Reply-To: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject: Re: Grey Water/ Buckets!
Okay, so now you guys are wondering (like most do)... "what's with Bulley
and this tank thing...why can't he just use a bucket and get along like the
rest of us???"
Well, the deal is this...I like our Westy because it is ALMOST
self-contained. I like that on a Friday evening, we can drive up to the
Blue Ridge, and (thanks to our porta-potty, and tolerance for close
quarters), we can pull into a rest area at 11:00 p.m. and be in bed in
fifteen minutes. EXCEPT, I have to get out and place our bladder for
face-washing and tooth-brushing suds. So, on Saturday morning there we are,
on the Blue Ridge Parkway, ready for a GLORIOUS drive as the sun comes up.
And I have to get out of the van, again, and figure out where to empty the
bladder of cold toothpaste foam.
Not much later, we pull over on another choice overlook, and cook breakfast
looking down at mist-covered mountain tops. Other motorists in lesser
vehicles pull in for a moment, then have to move on, or park, and walk
around... but they can't enjoy a Huevos Rancheros and Tortilla breakfast in
the comfort of their vehicle. As we are scrubbing up our dishes, those
other motorists are treated to the site of our nasty slurry of eggs, coffee
grinds and such slopping into our clear bladder. Then I have to lug that
nastiness in our van until we get to a commode, or such.
In my mind, only two things separate our Westy from being the most
civilized small camping vehicle. One: a temperature-controlled furnace
(which we will install [Carver P4] in the coming months). And TWO: seamless
containment of the mess that comes out of the sink, such that one can deal
with it "later", like we do with the fridge, water tank, and such. Self
contained. Don't leave a trace.
That's wha's up.
G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree
-----Original Message-----
From: James Fritz [SMTP:jfritz@WILLINET.NET]
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 3:19 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Grey Water/ Buckets!
<< File: ATT00007.htm >> Reply to: RE: Grey Water/ Buckets!
Melissa,
I concur. I discovered that my Igloo Playmate cooler with the tilting top
fit perfectly under the van, holds over 3 gallons, and the top flips back
over when I'm carrying it to the repository of choice. Low tech, easy, my
way of doing things.
jim
Jim in Iowa
91 Passat Wagon GL
89 Westy
66 Beetle
Melissa E. Mourkas wrote:
>Okay, everybody, I like the tank idea, too. I think it is very cool and
I'm
>tempted to consider one. But for 10 years I have simply put a 2-gallon
>bucket under the sink drain outlet, and emptied it into the appropriate
>place: be it the dish-washing sink provided by the campground, the RV
sewage
>dump, or whatever. There is no need to dump greywater on the ground at a
>campsite(and, frankly, no excuse!). I have always had two buckets in my
>van: one labeled CLEAN and one labeled DIRTY. Dirty is useful for many
>things, I'l let you figure the rest out.
>
>Melissa Mourkas
>Haydenville, MA
>81 Westy 'Hildie'
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