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====== Where will I poop and pee? ====== | ====== Where will I poop and pee? ====== | ||
+ | Pooping and peeing are basic human functions that we all must perform. Bathroom visits are simple in a sticks-and-bricks house with indoor plumbing, but take some extra thought in a camper. Small vehicles may not have room for a full toilet, and those with a toilet aren't going to have a standard flush toilet. [[water: | ||
- | Pooping and peeing | + | If you don't have room or don't want to deal with sewage, you can stay near places where toilet facilities |
+ | Essentially, | ||
+ | ===== Toilet options ===== | ||
- | ===== restroom facilities ===== | + | In order of least to most primitive: |
- | The simplest approach is to stay near places where toilet facilities are available. This might be in paid campsites, a friend' | + | * **[[toilet:plumbed|Plumbed toilets]]** are closest to a conventional flush toilet. Waste is dropped from the toilet into a "black water" sewage holding tank which will later be emptied at a dump station. These often use a bit of water as a rinse, and chemicals need to be added to the tank to reduce odors. |
- | ===== in the van ===== | + | * **[[toilet: |
- | The first thing to know is that **solids and liquids must be kept seperate**((exceptions are plumbed (black tank) and [[toilet:chemical|chemical toilets]], both relatively rare in vans)). | + | |
+ | * **[[toilet: | ||
- | ==== pee ==== | + | * A **[[toilet: |
- | [[https:// | + | ===== pee ===== |
- | Women and transfolk may find a [[https:// | + | [[https:// |
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+ | Women and transfolk may find a [[https:// | ||
>I peed everywhere. That bush? Yep. Peed on it! That tree? Uh huh. Peed on it. Those tiny woodland creatures? Screw you, b*tches! Peed on them. I peed in the sun. I peed in the rain. I peed just for fun. I peed down a drain. I peed in the light. I peed in the dark. I peed left and right. I peed in the park... | >I peed everywhere. That bush? Yep. Peed on it! That tree? Uh huh. Peed on it. Those tiny woodland creatures? Screw you, b*tches! Peed on them. I peed in the sun. I peed in the rain. I peed just for fun. I peed down a drain. I peed in the light. I peed in the dark. I peed left and right. I peed in the park... | ||
- | ==== poop ==== | + | Some female campers report success with [[https:// |
+ | ===== poop ===== | ||
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+ | The most common poop receptacle for van use is the [[toilet: | ||
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+ | [[toilet: | ||
- | The most common poop recepticle | + | Folks without room for a bucket |
- | [toilet:composting|Composting toilets]] don't have to be emptied after each use but cost many hundreds of dollars. See why the bucket is so popular? | + | In the wild, where allowed, one can dig [[toilet:cat_hole|cat holes]]. |