Well good afternoon guys, from somewhere perched high up on Spirit Mountain
outside of Cody Wyoming. And this is our campsite, pretty awesome!... Comes with a
fantastic view... And it comes with a lot of wind... And thunder and lightning...Yes, there's
quite the storm last night! But I want to talk to you guys about something that is
very taboo... And that's dumping your gray water when you're out camping. And keep
in mind, gray water theoretically should just be some soap
and maybe food remnants. And also if you're using environmentally safe soap
that's a factor! But if your tent camping and you're doing your dishes in a bucket...
Where do you dump the water? So why should it be any different for an RVer?
So this storm we had last night, it was all fun and games to start. I was out
here videoing and capturing the lightning. And then it got dark and then
it got really crazy windy. And first Ben went out to chocked the wheels and then I
kind of started to freak out like an hour later. Like I don't know if we
should stay here so we chocked the wheel some more.... Well let's go show them
how much these wheels are chocked. And then we'll show the reason why... So
literally all four wheels have been chalked with rocks but back here... Now
this is the lesser of drops. And keep in mind a lot of things would have to go
wrong for us to roll off this mountain. We're talking emergency brake give out...
All four wheel chocks give out. Slipping out of gear, something traumatic to
trigger all that to happen.... But we just thought we'd play it safe! But that's the
mild one..... Then over here is the one that really gets your blood pumping... Are you
gonna take them close to the edge honey? No I'm not because you might push me off... I would never push
you off on video!..Right... We've got some serious elevation here to because...
Cody is at 5,000 feet. Would you say we've climbed probably a good three oh...
We are way up there! But for reference.. I'm zooming in on Cody right now and
it's all the way down there!.... I would say it's at least another good three or four
thousand ft up... Yeah! We're a solid three thousand foot up this mountain... And then
over here to our left or the West, it is pretty much just a cliff all the way
down to that highway that leads into Yellowstone!... All I could imagine was us
rolling off the cliff and we could do nothing about it...Our truck is literally right there...
But.... You know, trust me... I've tested, you know.... We would technically be rolling
that way. I would never park us going this way... Yeah... I can't lie, the
inspiration for today's video idea came from the way we dumped our gray tank and....
Our truck here has a cassette toilet! So that's the black.... And this is not your
normal RV grey. This is just a hose that comes out of that tank right there and...
You know, I could technically get another hose and pull up to a dump station. But
this is the way it's done.... oh good God! Leave No Trace. I'm dumping soapy water
on the dirt... Okay I know that was a little dramatic but the really... This is
just mildly soapy water. We've also found a great use for this... When we're done
dumping our cassette toilet, we put some of this soapy water in the cassette and
we dump it again! It's amazing! It cleans everything out nicely. That's enough for
now! So the one time I can see where this wouldn't probably be a wise choice is if
you use a great taint deodorizer. I really don't know if those are
environmentally friendly. Never checked into it because we don't use them.
But we do make sure we use environmentally friendly soaps. And so
we're pretty comfortable with the idea of doing what everybody does when
they're in their tent camps!... Alright well we'd love to hear your thoughts
about this topic but.. I don't necessarily feel there is a 100% right or wrong
answer. It's just a matter of running the gamut of the grave. Let's call it that!
You run the gamut of the grave Mr. black and white.... So this morning, I set the drone up and I
have some spectacular footage for you guys! It really puts this mountain and
where we're perched into perspective! So that's it!
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