Where's the Bathroom? - aha - good question

"Exhibit A" 2009

Where's the bathroom? That is a good question. If you go to the photo section of the lYurt link on the last post, you will see how people have built standard bathrooms and toilets within their yurt. The deck that the yurt sits on, contains the piping. One would just need to tie into a septic system. Another route would be to go with a composting tiolet. One could either build a room for the toilet or use a fabric wall. I myself will plan on having a toilet facility outside my yurt.

I was quite content to use an outhouse, but my wife wouldnt hear of it. Well good for her. She's put her foot down, so for her sake I will make her an amazing bathroom facility. I envision building a small "facility" shed. Water and waste hookups as well as toilet, sink bathroom. Perhaps I set my yurt up at a camp that has these provisions.

The beauty of the yurt is that it can be really environmentally freindly, which means that one could get closer to water. It is not a good idea to have an active toilet anywhere close to the magical lakes in the north. For that reason, one would have to have the waste dealt with far away from the water or creeks, and in so doing, you naturally lose the closeness to the water.

I guess in the case of my camp in Temagami, having my waste faciltiy close to my yurt, would mean locating my yurt away from ther water. I can not see the water from my camp now anyway. I have pondered how much that actually means to me. I see the pros and cons. The beauty of my camp is that the waterfront is shared by all. This makes for good community. Also having to walk a few minutes to get to the water, kinda makes the walk all worth while.....any way...those are just ramblings about how I would live in a yurt and deal with my poo.

any questions or ideas??? This might be important to you if you ever come to visit, cause if it was up to me, I'd just use "Exhibit A"