[MR] camping toiletries

[Ceara ni Neill]

Chamber baggie?
<grin>
I remember one of my aunts bringing a chamber pot to a family reunion...it
was a standard enameled steel pot, white with a red stripe around the lid.
I didnt' know what it was, I thought it was strange to have a cooking pot
in the bedroom...boy was I surprised (& kinda grossed out) when I lifted
the lid for a peek. But considering the treacherous & ancient staircase,
uneven footing, etc. (old mountain house) it made perfect sense for
someone in their 70's.

You can pick up a cheap porta-pottie for around $15 at wal mart. Put in a
gallon of water, some blue stuff, and keep the lid on. Even has a little
depression for toilet tissue. And no, it doesnt' smell...you'd never know
it was there. I've used one for the last few years now.

---Ceara
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Sir Andras suggested:

>
> Learned this one from my very clever lady...
>
> Put a bit of toilet paper in the bottom of a large (high-quality)
> ziplock plastic bag.
> Then, at 3am in the morning, when you have to pee, and it's pouring cold
> rain thicker than a shower, you don't have to leave the tent.
> Just set it outside the tent and dispose of it in the morning.  The
> paper in the bag stops the dreaded "splash-back".
>
> Go ahead and laugh...
>
> but everyone we tell it to comes back after their next camping event and
> whispers it was a great idea. :)