When you have a couple of acres of virgin land that will be used as a camp site, there are a few things that have to be done to make the experience totally enjoyable. Actually it is a ton of work! Two summers ago we built the outhouse, a storage shed, and a wood shed.
Then last summer it was time to clear a spot for the trailer.
Amongst other tasks, we built a small deck for the front of the trailer, a water storage shed and a good sized picnic table.
As convenient as the outhouse was, once we started sleeping in the trailer it became pretty obvious that we needed to be able to use the facilities. So our next major project was to put in a holding tank.
Getting someone to come dig the hole out in the bush took a while, and the tank actually arrived in Calgary before the hole was dug. Thankfully it fit onto the truck and we were able to bring it to el parque and tuck it away in the woods.
Once the hole was dug then the work really started. That big, thankfully light weight tank, had to go in the hole and be buried. Just Daryl and I and two shovels. Okay, I did some!
Getting the tank into the hole was a bit of a challenge. I probably did not make the best assistant but we did it! Trust me, the base was perfectly level.
Then we shovel, and shovel some more.
By now it was mid October and we were leaving the country in a couple of weeks. The holding tank was going to have to stay half buried for the winter.
Spring arrived and so did we. After a relaxing winter of good food and beaches we went back to work. We finally got the tank buried. Then Daryl started laying the drainage pipe. He started at the tank and worked backwards to the trailer. Many many feet of trench was dug with a shovel and pick axe.
After a few thousand shovelfuls of dirt, most likely a few million, and a similar number of hours of hard labor, the tank was buried and everything worked. Time to attach the manhole which is a foot or two above ground. We also finished filling in and tidying up.
Not that I have tried it of course, but I have heard it is really handy having the cap quite close to the trailer!
And….it’s finished.
We either have a hitching post for any of the wild horses that come by or protection for the manhole from any vehicles that might back into it.
We also have a herd of cattle that regularly drop by. They leave big foot prints and lots of nasty stuff!
Another task completed. I didn’t do much of the work but sure enjoy the benefits. At some point we will get well water and showers won’t be ‘a spray off’. Now time to go home for a real shower.
Cheers
Ruth
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Well done both of you – Darryl & cheerleader. 🎉🎉👏👏🎉🎉
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You two are work horses. No such thing as half done for you two. Congratulations
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