Shower Miscellanea

After an initially icy start to my first shower, I discovered that you also need to select Furnace in order to have a hot-as-hell shower. I must confess that the interaction between these 3 switches confuses me, and the manual is not very clear about how all of these work together. I can confirm for you here, though, that you want these three ON for a very hot shower.

We try to keep everything small in the van, and like these travel towels from REI. They absorb a ton, dry quickly, and don’t take up much space. YMMV.

So now what are you going to do with a wet shower curtain in your small van? Stick it in a trash bag for that awesome mildew experience, or let it leak on all your other stuff? We travel with a braided elastic clothesline, and improvise our way forward.

The nice thing about the braided elastic clotheslines is that you don’t need clothespins. When we were in the sunny high desert, our stuff was dry in about 20 minutes.

Another victory for the portable clothesline and the elevator bed: being able to dry your wet shower curtain inside on a rainy day.