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Nov 30 2008

Camp Soap: Keeping Clean!

Published by justin1390 under General Edit This

It’s day four of camping, you have two left and a shower and clean hands has eluded you for the preceding ones.  Grimy and dirty, you crawl and grovel back to your tent half expecting the nearest mental institute to be there to take you away–wearing latex gloves and bio suits, of course.  If only that coveted shower were possible. . .if only you remembered to bring the biodegradable camp soap.  Six layers of dirt can practically be peeled off, revealing to your horror clean, pink, and healthy skin!  But all is in vain, because the layers build, and soon, the smell of a showerless human being permeates the night air.  As you fall into slumbers you realize that there has to be more than this…  Somewhere out there, clean exists.

Although the scenario might be a stretch, there is truth to the realization of sanitation.  However hard as it is to keep clean during camping, there are some things in life that are essential.  Sanitation is one of them!  Dirty hands are a breeding ground for bacteria, and no one likes greasy hair.  Biodegradable soap is an easy way to keep clean, and while out in the woods camping, works well.

One of the best brands is Coleman Biodegradable Soap.  This works well on practically anything: “hands, face, hair, clothes and dishes.”  For your camping sanitation, it is definitely a route you want to consider.

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