Going to the Bathroom
By Bob Wells, Posted Nov 24, 2006
Sections: A Boondocking Intro Getting Started Which Vehicle to Buy How to Eat Staying So You Don't Stink Power Ups The Bathroom Resources
By Bob Wells, Posted Nov 24, 2006
Sections: A Boondocking Intro Getting Started Which Vehicle to Buy How to Eat Staying So You Don't Stink Power Ups The Bathroom Resources
No mysteries here. There are lots of public restrooms, use them. When they aren’t around or there isn’t time, it’s easy to urinate into a container and then dispose of it’s contents properly. We will poop into a bucket. Buy or find a 5 gallon bucket. You can find camping toilet seats designed to mount on these buckets. Or you can go to Home Depot and buy a regular home toilet seat. Take a scrap piece of plywood a little bigger than the bucket, cut a hole a little smaller than the bucket and mount the toilet seat on it. Mount some scrap pieces of wood around the bottom so it can’t slide around but comes off easily. Use a garbage bag for a liner and use either sawdust, kitty litter or newspaper to keep the odor under control, dispose in a dumpster.
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