You guys. We are in a site at a campground with a sewer hookup for the first time in a month! For my non-camping friends, this is a huge deal. (look what I found! this and this. No more SHOUTY CAPS…weeeeell let’s not get ahead of ourselves here with my new found bold and italics options)
What does this mean you ask? Several life changing things, actually, when you live on the road…in a camper…ahead of the biggest pandemic my generation has ever seen. Who’s laughing now? Muhahahaha!!
I just love lists. Don’t you? No? Well guess what? Too bad.
1a. No more gigantic, scary spiders living in the corner showers in the shower house. And as of late, no mosquitos in the shower with you either. Why this happens I will never understand.
1b. No more hopping on one leg, try after try to get your shorts on because you don’t want to touch anything. Underwear? Nope. I’m 42. Not happening. That can wait until I’m back at the camper. I’m good for only one balancing act per day. If I fell down in a public shower, I may in fact spontaneously combust.
1c. And lest we forget the instantaneous scalding as someone flushes the toilet. Ahhh, a good flesh searing first thing in the morning. That sounds amazing…said no one ever.
2. No more rationing the dish water. Yes, we have an auxiliary tank for when our wastewater tanks are full. For all my non-camping friends, you may want to get on board with how campers work because we will all be living in camper communities by the time this thing is over. Anyway, yes, we can dump without having to move the camper off the site and without sewer, but it can be a hassle, especially when it’s raining. However, I secretly love watching out the window at the Jeep pulling the little tank. It’s like we all have a job. And the Jeep does a fine job of towing all our gross grey water to the dump.
3a. No waiting our turn in line at the dump station. We are never in a hurry to get anywhere but the day we have a hard travel day ahead of us, John McThumbuphisbutt and his wife are in the front of the line holding up a small parade of campers anxiously awaiting their turn to release their turds and then their sink water.
3b. And on the reverse, one can hardly take the extra time to do a rinse on the black tank (poop holder, I hope you’re taking notes) when the camper behind you keeps inching their way closer as if that will hurry up the process. Put it in park and wait like the rest of us, BOB! (SEE!)
With all of this I will say, life is a give and take. In giving up a small luxury, we were able to take in some of the most beautiful scenery, and some right out our campsites, we have ever seen.
It really is America the beautiful. We may be in a state of alarm and unchartered territory for some of us but we are going to come out on the other side of this wiser and more motivated than ever before.
Wash your hands. Help where you can. Be kind to those in need. We are all in this together.
