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Alm
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Quote: Originally posted by juandesiles  | First we will go on fevruary march april.
there is going to be a lot of biking and surfing.
i have a 30galons om my trailer
and i was thinking to bring 50 moore.
hoping to do 3 weeks whit out going back to get more!!
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1.5 gallons a day for 2 people. This includes drinking/cooking water, washing your face and brushing teeth. Assuming, you don't wash your face and
brush teeth with water running from the tap as if it were a shore home. Instead, you fill a small cup and splash small amounts as needed.
Freshwater for dishwashing is optional, you can eat from small pots that you cook in - though with 2 people this is more difficult. Rinse pots in
seawater, just let it sit with water for an hour and splash away. There is not much need to rinse them in freshwater afterwards.
Shower amount varies a lot. At least 3 gallons a person for a quick shower with washing your hair, with relatively short haircut. And you have to be
quick. 6 gallons for 2 people.
Total 1.5 drinking/cooking + 6 shower = 7.5 gallons. This is a bare minimum.
Most people don't drink water from the tank. I don't even use it for cooking. This is what purified water in 5-gal garafones is for. 1 garafon
lasts me one week, so - yes, 0.7 gallon a day per person for cooking/drinking.
No matter - tank or garafones, you need at least 7.5 gallons a day or 21*7.5=158 gallons for 3 weeks. You could get by on 80 or 100, but only in a
cold weather and if you don't do much physical activity.
Keep in mind that true wilderness in coastal Baja is almost nonexistent. You will camp on somebody's land and at times will stay on a camp with
shower and toilet. Shower might be cold and toilet ugly, but you will have it sometimes, and won't have to spend your water on this.
[Edited on 11-22-2015 by Alm]
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satmike
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Outhouses only at San Carlos.
We can shower at 1.5 gal per person.2 if my wife washes her hair. We do dishes in fresh water.
We have been doing this for many years so we are pretty good at saving water.
We do not drink out of our tank. But we do fill it with potable water. We go about 3 days on a garafone. I think the purificado tastes great.
[Edited on 11-24-2015 by satmike]
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When you camp on the beach, sea water is available for cleaning... heat some for pots and pans to clean. We keep it real simple and easy when camping.
Paper plates and bowls, then burn in camp fire. A 7 gallon water jug lasts us both a week +. We drink bottled water and beer... OJ in the morning.
Coffee and cooking and minor cleaning from the jug.
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Alm
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No plates!
If one must have eat his meal off something other than a pot that it came in - use a small bowl. About 6" opening. One size fits all.
Besides, disposables ain't cool. They are not paper but styrofoam, a lot of black smoke.
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Listen to Satmike - he's spent the bulk of the past 20 winters at PSC .
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Individual experiences vary wildly, accurate estimates are impossible. At best, 30-50% accuracy. Err on the higher side - i.e. carry more water - if
you can.
A lot depends on weather and lifestyle. At times, 1 garafon may last a week for 2 people. Other times you'll use 2 garafones per week for 2 people.
Also, depends on level of physical activity and diet/kitchen habits. With surfing and cycling, for 2 people, I would say - a lot of showers. And it
would have to be fresh water shower 'cause with either activity you end up being covered with salt.
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David K
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No styrofoam, paper.
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Have never heard of the term garafon what dose that equal in liters or gallons ? Is that a mainland or central america word ?
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Five gallon clear plastic plastic jug filled at any water store. Don't know the word origin.
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Thanks bkbend, I have Spanglish it to cinco gallons
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| Quote: Originally posted by Alm |
No plates!
If one must have eat his meal off something other than a pot that it came in - use a small bowl. About 6" opening. One size fits all.
Besides, disposables ain't cool. They are not paper but styrofoam, a lot of black smoke. |
KeeP it simple. One bowl per person. You eat every meal out of same bowl..leave the 7 piece China setting at home where you left your dish washer.
And for christs sake, don't be wasteful and take 4000 paper plates!
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Garrafon....Spanish for "large decanter" or a "carboy"
Don't believe everything you think....
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