Day 2: I emptied the toilet tank

Today I finally decided to have a go at getting the black(poop) and gray(sinks) water tanks emptied. This was one of the least technical parts of the motorhome to learn about, but one that had been weighing on my mind. The whole thing is just so disgusting. I had kinda fiddled with it before we left and managed to spill a few cups of gray or black water on to the street in front of the house and througly gross myself out. 

We were in Idaho falls at a little free overnight spot on the Snake River, not nearly as glamorous as it sounds, and we ran out of water so I pulled the rig up to the water and sewer area. Unfortunately because it's not tourist season yet the water was still turned off. So besides putting off showering in the tiny shower for one more day we weren't able to get any water. Sarah said "you may as well dump the sewer while we are here." I had officially been called out. I took off my slippers and while lacing my shoes asked her to get a box of latex gloves from here friend Danny.  I knew this was going to be messy, it did not disappoint. 

I got out and started hooking up the sewer hose. I knew it was filthy, but I got over my queasiness and grabbed it firmly with my two bare hands, just kidding. 

It wasn't really all that exciting after the initial terror. Of course I didn't do the order of operations right and had to pull the cap off of the hose that was fully pressurized with pee and poop but I managed to stay out of the worst of it. 

It was really shocking the amount of water we had gone through in just a couple of days. It was tremendous! I can only imagine it heads down a pipe straight into the snake river, hopefully that's just my dark thoughts. 

Mark that off the list of new things I now know how to do. 

Today  was a pretty great day. No big disasters or real struggles. We swam at Farimont hot springs after breakfast, the kids napped while I drove. I got to listen to some of the book on tape I got at the library and I got to go on a bike ride.

 

It was a full house at the fairmont rv park. 

-Ty