Ridiculously extreme boondocking tips
If you have both unlimited power and water, stop reading -- you don’t need these tips. And if you are still reading, you already know the obvious things -- switch to LED lights, use paper plates ...
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bka0721, I think that collecting the not-yet-hot water from the shower nozzle is a great idea -- I would guess that there is at least a quart of tepid water that is wasted while we wait for the water to get hot enough.
By the way, we measured our water usage pretty carefully on this last two week trip, and we use well under six gallons a day for all purposes -- shower, toilet, drinking, cooking, and washing dishes. I am not sure we can go much lower, unless DW shaves her head, which (I hope!) is not going to happen.
With reference to heat at night, we have never run any heat at night, no matter how cold it gets -- we have camped in 10 degree weather, waking up to ice caked on the insides of the windows. No problem -- we bring a down comforter and several blankets, and we are perfectly comfortable.
Except when we have to get out of bed in the middle of the night. That's a problem. ;)
By the way, we measured our water usage pretty carefully on this last two week trip, and we use well under six gallons a day for all purposes -- shower, toilet, drinking, cooking, and washing dishes. I am not sure we can go much lower, unless DW shaves her head, which (I hope!) is not going to happen.
With reference to heat at night, we have never run any heat at night, no matter how cold it gets -- we have camped in 10 degree weather, waking up to ice caked on the insides of the windows. No problem -- we bring a down comforter and several blankets, and we are perfectly comfortable.
Except when we have to get out of bed in the middle of the night. That's a problem. ;)
