Planning & Preparing

I have spent the last 3 weeks planning and preparing for my outpost experiment.

The target date for beginning is October 1st, 2007

To prepare I have:

• Learned to use only 2 gallons of water for bathing.


• Heated my bath and laundry water in pots on the stove (the electric stove for now)


• Washed all my laundry outdoors using a washtub and scrub board, the dried it all on a clothesline.


• Use only candles at night for preparing for bed and reading before sleep.


• Purchased equipment such as: flat irons for ironing clothes and a grill rack for cooking over an open fire


• Gathered all equipment that I already had and cleaned and prepared it for use.


• Began constructing my outdoor bath area


• Level area for tent.

I plan to use some borrowed outdoor canopy-type structures and some mosquito netting to fix up an area for food preparation, eating and relaxing.

I also need to improve my fire pit area.