Going to the bathroom is always one of my chief concerns while camping. Car camping, when you can back right up to your site, typically leaves you within a simple walk to centralized bathrooms, but sometimes even that can be an inconvenience. As far as back country camping goes, let’s just say that cat holes are not my favorite aspect of any trip. But even when we’re camping at a primitive tent site, not in the back country, sometimes I wake up just in time to, er, evacuate my bladder, for example, and a long trek to public restrooms can be (dare I say it?) a bit of a crap shoot. And, however close or far away the facilities are, I feel uncomfortable wandering at night through a campground all alone.

There are many different portable potties available for camping, and I featured one that I recommend for my handicapped mom in my post entitled Tent Camping with the Grandparents. Frankly, I’m personally not interested in paying that much for convenience, however. My plan? I’m going to pick up an inexpensive, light-weight potty chair (you can find them at Goodwills every now and then) and use poo-powder wag bags.

Amazon.Com describes the system: “Each wag bag kit contains an outer zip-close disposal bag, waste bag preloaded with pooh-powder, toilet paper and a hand sanitizer. [The] double-bag system is made from a puncture resistant material, [and] our non-toxic pooh-powder gels waste, removes odors (no perfumes), and begins the decay process. Spill-proof and hygienic wag bag kits are degradable and are approved for disposal in any garbage can.” The powder is actually a fungus that feeds on the waste, and the whole shebang is completely biodegradable, so you can answer nature’s call in your tent with no environmental worries. There are twelve wag bag packs in this kit, which will last me ten or twelve camp outs, since I’ll only need them at night, so it actually will be very cost-efficient for me.

Well, I do wind up talking about some interesting stuff in this blog, don’t I?

Later,

Jean B. in SC