Supposedly sixty degrees fahrenheit at 4:15PM when I headed to the campground shower facility to take a shower.
I was NOT looking forward to the experience.
We head south for the winter to AVOID cold… and a cold shower is the antithesis of comfortable and happy.
I get into the shower room, turn up the volume to what is supposed to be hot and let it run while I disrobe.
Test the water with my hand and it seems acceptable enough… just warm.
Get in and move the shower head to a lower position to get the benefit of all the warmth it has to deliver… right on my head and shoulders.
Quickly cover my body in soap, start to scrub and just get to the second foot when the water gets cooler, colder cooler and then downright frigid.
I gasp… audibly.
I hear a woman in one of the stalls call out “YOU’re brave!”
I call back ‘Ya, that, and STUPID”.
She laughs, I laugh and feel a little warmer.
The water actually reaches tepid, I rinse off quickly and while doing so hear another woman saying “Is the water hot?”
“Beautiful, jump right in!” I respond before racing out of the shower to towel off and run back to our warm RV.
Brrrr….
Ros,
You know, the last time I checked out RVs I could swear there were showers in them, likely so one could take a shower.
Now I realize there is condensation to consider, smaller hot water tank(s) than one might want, but things that one can control. in fact, considering what your heating system in the trailer might be, have you and Ed, perhaps including Jasper, ever considered an Aquahot system. Practically endless hot water, tankless if you wish and a heating system far exceeding what the standard stuff does.
Just a thought from the old guy in Nanaimo.
Hey Grant,
We do have a shower in our rig and I love it!! But when we are staying in a campground for 2 weeks without sewer at the site, we do all we can to conserve water so we don’t have to haul the trailer over to the dump station.
Then again, this is my birthday week (month) so I may just abuse the situation especially considering it’s been pretty frosty in the mornings. LOL
As for tankless hot water heaters.. love ’em… can’t believe they aren’t yet the standard in North America, as they already were in Europe 30 years ago.
Cheers,
Ros
Just wondering how far down south are you…here in the Frozen North.it is going down to minus 25 below zero.
I’m in WI…Min., sends us all their coldest weather this time of year.
Hi Bonnie,
We’re now in Arizona, where we will spend the rest of the winter. 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
Trying to get this up and running. Talk about a babe in the woods! I think I should have continued holding the hammer LOL. Were you in Phoenix at the time? I spent a year and a half there in an RV park (in Mesa) while attending classes in Refrigeration and A/C I can relate to what you were talking about on the cold water issues.
Hi Howard,
We were in Tucson at the State Park. I’ve since found the best shower there… one that is always hot. And no, I’m not telling anyone which one it is. 🙂
Cheers,
Ros