Shit Show

A word about shit.

Yep the real human stuff.  We have been doing some boondocking in our travels- which at its most basic is camping not in a campground-  off of the side of a back road -legally.  This is usually on public land like Bureau of Land Management or in National Forests- similar to crown land in Canada.   We love it- we can find an out of the way spot down a forestry road and pull off.  No one around, dogs can relax and run around, kids can be loud- no noise or rules.  But the major drawback to boondocking is that humans are disgusting and apparently no one has taught most of us how to shit in the woods.   We have been in sites where there is so much human shit that we have had to tie the dogs up (they are disgusting and will eat it) and the kids can’t run around.    Toilet paper all over, piles of shit right on the surface- NASTY!  So here’s how you do it in a nutshell.  By the way our kids knew how to do this by the time they were toilet trained.    If you have a toilet in your trailer or camper- use it- that’s what it’s there for.  If not- go away from the campsite, away from a trail and away from water.  Dig a hole with a trowel, shovel, stick, rock or the heel of your boot, 6 inches deep.  Shit in that.  Wipe- wrap used toilet paper in a clean piece and set aside or put in a bag in your pocket.  DO NOT BURY, BURN, OR LEAVE TOILET PAPER!!!!   Bury the shit with the soil you dug out.  Now cover the spot with a large rock or log.  Take the toilet paper with you and burn it in your campfire or put it in the garbage.  So- not so hard.  Remember the kids’ book We all poop?  Learn to do it right and don’t inflict your remains on others.  Enough said.