Another reason NOT to use the "Water Thief"
This was posted at the USFS Windy Hill CG at Roosevelt Lake but I have seen similar postings at a number of USFS CG's through the southwest. If a CG only has a few spigots scattered around, often wit...
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jacksonr wrote:
Question for the Desert Captain since I also camp often at Windy Hill (in fact, going Wed). How do you plan on getting your water there? Hauling it from Tucson (like I would have to), waiting to begin your trip until Sat or Sun when the fill station in Cholla might be open, or an alternate suggestion? If the fill station is like the dump station at Cholla it is a bit hit and miss if forest service sticks to schedule.
Yes, the dump/fill stations out there are very much hit or miss but I would not let water availability dictate when I left for a trip. Our 24' C has a 40 gallon fresh water tank and I usually fill it from 3/4 to full up which will last us a week at Roosevelt Lake and the 250-340# is of no consequence. Since the CG has flush toilets and hot showers we don't use all that much water while we are there.
We also have a couple of 6 gallon Wally World blue jugs which can be filled from the CG spigots. We put 3 or 4 gallons in each and set them on the table for washing up, rinsing dishes etc. I never go anywhere without at least half a tank of fresh so bumping that up to 3/4 or more is not a problem.
We've been to CG's that always have water only to find their pump was down or some other problem arose so we never let ourselves get caught short. We just spent 3 days there, left home with 3/4 of a tank (30 gallons), and came home with 15-20. Just used one blue jug and it was still half full when we left this morning.
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