| ng shower is a must have luxury when you're out | | | | of a camping shower. |
| on the trail for days at a time. For some people | | | | They're actually nothing fancy and I'm surprised I |
| the feeling of being dirty and not able to wash is | | | | haven't seen them around earlier than just the |
| enough to keep them from going camping ever. | | | | last few years. They're a plastic bag that's made |
| Well they don't need to worry about that | | | | of fairly thick plastic and tinted so that it's dark |
| anymore. Now you can wash up no matter how | | | | like a garbage bag. It has a spout on it and it will |
| deep in the woods you go, no matter how far | | | | hold probably a couple of gallons of water. The |
| from civilization you get. | | | | spout on it can be turned on and off at will. The |
| It used to be that the only way you would get | | | | idea is that you fill it with water and hang it in a |
| clean is to use the showers at a family | | | | nearby tree or place it on a rock so it can be |
| campground. Sure they work but you have to be | | | | heated by the sun while you're doing your thing. |
| up pretty early to be able to get any hot water | | | | Even on a cooler day the sun will heat the water |
| and more than that, those places are usually a | | | | to a much more enjoyable temperature than a |
| mess. I know that I can't stand walking around in | | | | nearby lake or river will offer you. |
| somebody else's dirty soapy water and to be | | | | At some point in the day when you figure the |
| honest, I'm not convinced it isn't bad for your | | | | water has been adequately heated you simply |
| health at some level. Not to mention the lack of | | | | hang it up in a tree, wet yourself down, lather up, |
| privacy and everything else that goes along with | | | | and then rinse it off. The best part is that if you |
| that. | | | | figure one shower is not enough to get you clean |
| Of course there's also the option of grabbing | | | | then you can bring two with you. Heat them up |
| some biodegradable soap and just washing up in | | | | at the same time and you should have more |
| the nearest lake or river but that's not always | | | | warm water than you need. They will roll up into |
| practical either. If you're the type of person that | | | | a nice small little package that you can take with |
| likes to camp in the spring or fall when there's less | | | | easily. |
| of a bug problem then you can count on the | | | | These days you simply don't need to feel dirty |
| water being very cold, maybe extremely cold | | | | when you're camping. I'm aware that some |
| even, and that could lead to anything from you | | | | people find it to be part of the charm but with a |
| becoming hypothermic to just catching a bit of a | | | | camping shower you can go anywhere anybody |
| cold. Maybe nothing at all will happen to you but | | | | else wants to go and still keep clean. |
| one thing is for sure, you can't beat the comfort | | | | |