Alc Showertrucks and Bathrooms
A week camping out means a week of porta potties. There are hundreds of them: at every rest stop, at lunch, and in camp. At the rest stops, they are even decorated in the theme of the rest stop. May the force be with you.
With this many people, hygiene is key. ALC hammers the practice from the beginning:
- take of your snotty gloves at every stop
- apply the two step system: use disinfecting wipes and hand sanitizer after the bathroom and before any food or water stop. It all seemed to work well, and few folks got sick.
I used to be part of the “trowel club” along backcountry backpacking trips. So this was all fine for me.
The shower trucks were a pleasant surprise. After a long day in the saddle, you look forward to a nice warm shower. In camp there were about three long shower trailers and a few supply tanker trucks: male, female, all.
I was anticipating a lukewarm drizzle from the shower head. Instead, there was plenty of hot water in the private showers. Especially on the cold and rainy third day this felt great. I never had to wait for a long time to take a shower, and didn’t feel pressured to cut it short either.