Scoutn79
Adventurer
Some great ideas.
Like others the body cleaning, except hands usually, is done with body wipes.
We use Reliance water jugs with a spigot, for hands we just get a dribble to get the hands just wet, then shut off and lather up, then turn the spigot to just better than a dribble and quickly rinse...not too much soap and just enough water to wet the hands as you rinse.
For dishes if we used a skillet or large pan for cooking after the scraping/paper towel wipe out/K9 cleaning crew I put 1/2 cup or so of water and bring to a boil only use soap with greasy foods. Then wash utensils in the boiling water with a scrub brush. The boiling water/steam will kill all germs and is a good remover of stuck food. If I only have utensils I will usually do the same but using the coffee pot and put the utensils in it. The height of the coffee pot helps keep the steam around the utensils, has a small diameter so not a lot of water is required to get some depth, still 1/2 c water or so.
My hair??? I just wear a hat most days. I have a Simple Shower, have used it at home to figure out easily get the water temp right and confirm a 2l bottle will do all I need, but never seem time to use it on the trail.
For my dog I have a seal-able container she drinks out of so unless she tips it over or it gets full of dirt no water is ever wasted.
When hunting (2 weeks 2 guys) in the full size camper we get a jug of creek water and use a dedicated pan for filling/flushing the toilet so we don't use all of the good drinking water.
Darrell
Like others the body cleaning, except hands usually, is done with body wipes.
We use Reliance water jugs with a spigot, for hands we just get a dribble to get the hands just wet, then shut off and lather up, then turn the spigot to just better than a dribble and quickly rinse...not too much soap and just enough water to wet the hands as you rinse.
For dishes if we used a skillet or large pan for cooking after the scraping/paper towel wipe out/K9 cleaning crew I put 1/2 cup or so of water and bring to a boil only use soap with greasy foods. Then wash utensils in the boiling water with a scrub brush. The boiling water/steam will kill all germs and is a good remover of stuck food. If I only have utensils I will usually do the same but using the coffee pot and put the utensils in it. The height of the coffee pot helps keep the steam around the utensils, has a small diameter so not a lot of water is required to get some depth, still 1/2 c water or so.
My hair??? I just wear a hat most days. I have a Simple Shower, have used it at home to figure out easily get the water temp right and confirm a 2l bottle will do all I need, but never seem time to use it on the trail.
For my dog I have a seal-able container she drinks out of so unless she tips it over or it gets full of dirt no water is ever wasted.
When hunting (2 weeks 2 guys) in the full size camper we get a jug of creek water and use a dedicated pan for filling/flushing the toilet so we don't use all of the good drinking water.
Darrell
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