Solar shower, works great.  And if one can't go a couple of days without a shower in the company of another doing the same without offending sensibilities, then priorities are out of kilter.  But unless it is cold, there is nothing wrong with a cold water bath, sponge or otherwise, either.  I appreciate the RG apparatus and the work  and ingenuity to get it set up, I just don't need it.  DMc

---- Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 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
> >

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David McNeely