A Boon-Docking Challenge

Boon-docking challenges…

   So boon docking is when you sleep in your van and dont pay for a campground. This comes with the challenge of where to shower? To be clear the travato is equipped with a shower but it’s really small and rather inconvenient. You have to button up this shower curtain around it and it’s a tiny space to wash all your bits. It works but its a pain in the rear. So one thing we have adapted to is showering out the back. We look for a quiet spot where no one can see us and open the back doors and quickly shower hoping no-one drives up. You have to conserve water since the water tank is very small. This means a military type shower where you wet yourself, turn the water up, stand naked in the elements, then hose off as quickly as possible both for the sake of water and the sake of shame dare someone pull up to you at the wrong time. 

  I’m getting used to it. I hate to be dirty so I do what I have to do. But Murphy’s law is that as soon as it is my turn a cloud covers the warm sun and suddenly a stiff breeze comes up. How this happens every time is beyond me. At least we haven’t had any people stumble upon us. That would be bad.