Baby wipes do a much better job in a pinch than those unfamiliar with them
might think... think of what they're made for; you don't bathe the baby
every time you change a loaded diaper. As for showers on the road, just go
where the truckers go.
I didn't want to pay the $4 bucks because I don't like being gouged,
particularly when there were lakes and rivers all around. If you can't get
sufficiently clean that way then you have other problems. We go tent camping
4-5 days at a stretch, and you can believe my wife would let me know if what
I was doing wasn't working, assuming I was so oblivious as to not to figure
it out myself (I'm not).
The key thing that Richard specified was heat. I don't really care about
that, but basically I'm saying there are other ways to get it that aren't so
involved.

Cya,
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Steven Johnson
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:20 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Hot Water Shower Contraption for Vanagons

Picture this:   You are on a long cross-country trip and you've been on the
road for a few days...
You yourself have said that you're too cheap to payf or a $4.00 shower....
So are baby wipes
really gonna get you clean?   Maybe you think so, but I'll bet those around
you "know" otherwise....
That's where this shower setup is there when you need it.  On a long road
trip when you can't
afford the $4.00 shower, much less, a hotel.    Again.....  IMHO....

Steven

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Robert Fisher
<garciasghostvw@gmail.com>wrote:

> I take it you're related to Rube Goldberg. On the one hand, I admire the
> work and thought that went into that, OTOH I think you're nuts. : )
> Seems to me there are much easier ways to do that and for what wouldn't
> amount to much more money. Personally I just jump into a lake or a river,
> or
> use baby wipes or something if I don't have that option.
> I have a picture of me from last year out in the middle of Horseshoe Lake
> (elevation 9000 ft.) basically because I'm too cheap to pay $4 for a
> five-minute shower. I doubt if that water was more than 50 degrees. TETO.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>