Yeah, we take ours to the dump, too. But in reality, here's a problem for us who boondock in a truck camper: After a few days of sitting tight in one spot, our garbage began to load up, in a fearsome sort of way.Camped, as we were, in the national forest near the Grand Canyon, there were plenty of little critters around who would have loved to root around in our trash and fish out delicacies. Obviously we don't want to feed the wildlife (nor have to chase around a couple of acres of woodland, picking up what they scattered). Our only recourse that came to mind was to carefully stow the bagged trash in the cab of the pickup. That was fine for the time, but after a couple of days of ripening, it took a good half-hour to air out the cab before we could bring ourselves to climb in.
Some have suggested they tie their trash bags to their roof access ladder. Great, as long as Rocky the Flying Squirrel--or worse--Yogi or his kin don't show up--and provided you have a ladder rack. We're struggling with this one, and hope our readers have great suggestions.
photo mike willis on flickr.com
