I forgot in my last post that I had promised a few photos showing how we hookup the van to the utilities at the campsite. You can see that we just plug into the electric, hookup a water hose to the water and attach the sewer hose from the van into a "dump" hole in the ground. Some campgrounds have these sewer stations at each campsite and some just have one common dump station on the property somewhere where RV';s dump their waste on their way out.
This particular RV park is connected to the Town sewer and your fee for camping ($17 night or $100/week) includes a direct sewer connection. Grey water (from the sink) also gets dumped through this hose into the sewer. While parked and hooked up to the campground water, it is basically flowing through your pipes and by-passing your fresh water tank, which is where water is usually drawn from when you are not hooked up to a water system. This makes it nice because while here, you don't have to conserve water.
Sorry if I've made you sleepy with this dull lesson, but here are the photos anyway!
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| Electric and water are hooked up here. This is also where we turn on the propane |
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| At this park, we pay for electric separately based on our usage (13.5 cents per KWH) |
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| The wide black hose is the sewer connection, tanks are emptied by an open/close lever on the side of the van |
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