{"id":921,"date":"2016-03-05T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T13:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=921"},"modified":"2016-03-09T13:12:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T13:12:07","slug":"nocycling-and-showers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2016\/03\/05\/nocycling-and-showers\/","title":{"rendered":"Nocycling and showers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another in the <a href=\"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/tag\/life-on-the-move\/\">life on the move<\/a> series&#8230;this one is about trash\/recycle and showers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I studied with the Maharishi for many years, and really didn&#8217;t learn that much. But one thing that he taught me, I&#8217;ll never forget: &#8216;ALWAYS&#8230;&#8217; no, wait&#8211; &#8216;NEVER&#8230;&#8217; no, wait, it was &#8216;ALWAYS carry a litter bag in your car. It doesn&#8217;t take up much room, and if it gets full, you can toss it out the window.&#8217; &#8212; Steve Martin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Nocycling<\/strong> <\/em>&#8211; At our Longmont home we have a trash can, a recycle bin and a compost bin. \u00a0Our recycle fills up much quicker than the trash. \u00a0But out here on the road our trash fills up really quick. \u00a0We do not have a recycle bin in the trailer (a) because we don&#8217;t really have room for it and (b) even if we did, we have not really seen any receptacles that accept recycling. \u00a0Recycling doesn&#8217;t seem very popular here in the south. \u00a0I feel guilty throwing all this cardboard, glass, cans and plastic away but haven&#8217;t thought of a good solution yet.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Shower<\/em> <em>tours<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; I&#8217;m not going to tell you how I have to shower less while living on the road because even at our sticks and bricks house\u00a0I do not shower every day. \u00a0I apologize if you think that is gross&#8230;I&#8217;m pretty certain it is not gross. \u00a0We have a tiny little shower in the fifth wheel and have often not had sewer hook ups. \u00a0So that shower has been for the girls to use. \u00a0Us guys pack up our stuff and head to the shower house. \u00a0This has given us the opportunity to tour many shower facilities. \u00a0I&#8217;m quite\u00a0ok with a\u00a0shared shower facility (not shared at the same time of course&#8230;.zoiks!). \u00a0Sure, sometimes they can be skanky and they may have no hot water&#8230;but on this trip we&#8217;ve had pretty nice facilities. \u00a0They&#8217;ve always been pretty clean, good pressure and hot water. \u00a0The boys like it too, because unlike at home, they get to take pretty long showers. \u00a0And they are learning the fine points of scoping out the cleanest showers with the most hooks and the best shower heads (and how to adjust the ones that allow for it). \u00a0Typical routine is the boys get started while I shave&#8230;then once I start my shower they know they have about 5 minutes. \u00a0I know, I know, I&#8217;m letting them have crazy long showers&#8230;but they don&#8217;t fight while they are in there! \u00a0Three of the places we have stayed only had one shower&#8230;so then we have to set the timer. \u00a0But they don&#8217;t want me to start the timer until they get in the water&#8230;&#8221;I&#8217;m still waiting for the water to get hot Papa so don&#8217;t start it yet&#8221;. \u00a0Yeah right. \u00a0You want to know what the best part is? \u00a0I don&#8217;t have to clean the shower!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another in the life on the move series&#8230;this one is about trash\/recycle and showers. I studied with the Maharishi for many years, and really didn&#8217;t learn that much. But one thing that he taught me, I&#8217;ll never forget: &#8216;ALWAYS&#8230;&#8217; no, wait&#8211; &#8216;NEVER&#8230;&#8217; no, wait, it was &#8216;ALWAYS carry a litter bag in your car. 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