Do you have a bathroom?

It's a question I was asked. Yes, we have a bathroom.  It's a very small bathroom, but the things that need to be done in a bathroom happen there.  Sister can take a bath in the small tub and we can shower.  We have a porcelain toilet (not a plastic one like many trailers have) and it flushes by a foot pedal.  When we are hooked up to a sewer (as we currently are) the gray tank valve can be open - meaning we don't have to worry about filling up the tank.  However, we purposely fill the gray tank when the black tank is nearly full and that is so that we have a tank of soapy water to rinse out the sewer line after the black tank flush. Maybe that is more than you wanted to know, but it is rather standard practice in the RV world.

Dumping tanks is as easy as pulling a lever - literally.  I have flushed both tanks and it is really not a big deal.  I have heard some full-time RV women talking about how they never touch or deal with the tanks, but that is silly.  If you are going to live in one of these things, you need to be able to manage all the systems.  Notice the label above the valve for the grey or blank tanks

Speaking of systems, you know what we have not needed?  A hot water heater.  It has been over a week since we turned it on.  After the first week I wondered, "why exactly are we heating water when the cold water comes out hot?"  The water out of the "cold" tap is so damn warm its almost too warm for showers - it certainly is not refreshing.  It's a good energy saving strategy.  As a side note, the hot water can be heated with propane or electricity by the push of a button. It makes me wonder how many people in the valley of the sun are heating water for no reason this time of year.