On 12/29/2014 7:13 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> For "on the road," I would probably use local laundromats. Bring in a
> book and an mp3 player with earbuds and relax.
>
> I don't do much in the way of road trips but an annual event for me in
> September is to camp for two weeks on the bank of the Deschutes river. I
> don't camp where there are any facilities or amenities other than a
> place to park the van, pretty scenery, and quiet. I don't take two
> week's worth of clothing, so I had to find a way to wash up me
> unmentionables and suchlike. I found that a five-gallon bucket, a Gamma
> Lid, and a toilet plunger do a fine job of laundering the clothes.
>
> Like <http://fivegallonideas.com/washing-machine/>
>
> One load requires a wash and two rinses. I do have plenty of water to
> work with, having that river right there. There doesn't seem to be any
> such thing as a soap suitable for laundry that is 100% harmless to the
> environment -- even dumping the wash water on the ground it's gonna soak
> in and probably cause all kind of trouble for the local bitty little
> critters and plants and fungi and soil bacteria. I use Woolite which
> seems about as gentle a soap as I can find.
>
> For drying, a clothesline works. Of course, nothing dries slower than
> cotton.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 12/29/2014 01:58 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>> I am well aware of all the creative clothes-washing apparati that
>> have been
>> featured on this list over the years, but I couldn't help but pass this
>> (expensive) idea along.
>>
>> It's called the Scrubba, and is available from amazon.com.
>>
>> <http://www.climatestore.com/scrubba-washbag>
>>
>> Makes me wonder if any old drybag would work.
>>
>> Jim
>>
Some of my backpacking buds tell me the "Dr. Bronner's Pure Peppermint
Castile Soap" is not a problem with the environment, but I would think
Woolite might be a distant 2nd place.  I wonder what the folks use that
go on those 2 week Grand Canyon raft trips??? Oh wait!!  They're spozed
to stink when they get to the take out.....my bad......

DM&FS