Heading out this weekend for a snowshoe adventure. We will be staying in a yurt thankfully, just checked the forecast and Sunday night is supposed to have a low of -17 degrees. Wish me luck... There is a wood burning stove inside of the yurt.
Ah yes... Winter camping... December... Camping in our VW Westphalia "Victoria Von Volkswagen" ... At Devils Lake Campground in Wisconsin. Nighttime 8PM Temperature 3 degrees. We were the only campers.
The campground had undergone recent upgrades... one of which was a brand new "comfort station"... read that new outhouse... Quite nice... electricity and water, except still, the old fashioned outhouse pit toilets, but this time, not wood, but shiny bright stainless steel.
8PM, and time for a quick trip to the "station" before retiring...
Cold?... Sheesh... yeah, cold. Have you ever sat on a Stainless Steel Toilet Seat when the temperature was 3 degrees. Think "The Christmas Story", and the schoolyard flagpole scene.
It happened... no kidding... when I went to stand up... I couldn't. Frozen solid. No panic at first... surely the seat will warm, and I should be set free. But it was very, very cold, and in no hurry to let me go. Ya start thinking about things. The "what if's?"... How do I explain this?... Will DW search for me?... then... Will I die?
Of course, camping in a Yurt will be quite different.
It happened... no kidding... when I went to stand up... I couldn't. Frozen solid. No panic at first... surely the seat will warm, and I should be set free. But it was very, very cold, and in no hurry to let me go. Ya start thinking about things. The "what if's?"... How do I explain this?... Will DW search for me?... then... Will I die?