| The Camping Shower |
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Getting in touch with mother nature is a basic need that we all have. When we get back from it, we feel refreshed and renewed. If only it were so with the body. True nature lovers like to experience camping with minimal equipment. More often than not, they would choose the most primitive sites in the camping brochures. Camping this way means forsaking the virtues of cleanliness for a period of time. These sites are usually far from other campers so there is a great deal of privacy, but little opportunity for taking a shower. You can just imagine what a backpacker goes through. Years ago, the only way to have a shower at camp was to suspend a large bag filled with water on a tree. The sun warmed the water during the day. The bottom of the bag had a faucet that you could turn on and off. Since this was done out in the open, hanging towels or blankets from clothes lines strung from one tree to the other was a good idea to create some privacy. The camping shower nowadays is much more portable and sophisticated. There are variations on the camping shower. Some use batteries to heat the water, which is really useful during cloudy days. Older models did not have a heater at all which meant enduring cold showers all through out your trip. Another shower has sides that pop up to unfold a mesh, which happens to allow air in, but prevents anyone outside from seeing in. A built in floor also unfolds when the shower is assembled. Standing on dirt or on pine needles does take away from getting cleaned up. With the improvement of camping equipment, more people are heading out to go camping. With the knowledge that they wouldn't have to deal with lice and any other sort of bug when they get home, camping has become a more comfortable word. After all, it's only once in a while that you get to roll around in the ground without feeling pressured to clean yourself. If the urge to scrub strikes you, just run on over to your trusty friend, the camping shower. |
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