Let's be honest, one of the best parts of camping is that first beer in front of the campfire. Come morning, there is usually an assortment of cans strewn about. If you're responsible you bide by the credo pack it in, pack it out.
As a result, one of the worst aftermaths of a good camping weekend is the trash. There is nothing worse than stale beer funk mixed with the smell spoiled food in the car. Thankfully during my last outing Sr. Multimedia Editor John Adolph loaned me his spare Trasharoo. I'll consider it my personal mod to our Jeep.
On the way up to our campsite it help two bundles of wood. On the way home it held the trash in a secure pouch, free from highway "dispersal." I realize that a lot of people will have ready access to a dumpster near where they car camp so the stink isn't as much of a concern. But when you do remote camping like we do and the nearest dumpster is an hour away, this is a great idea.
Scott Jacobs, Sr. Mgr, Photography
actualsize says:
04:43 PM, 01/31/12
I like it. I may ask to borrow it!
fordson1 says:
06:37 AM, 02/ 1/12
"Remote camping" - lol.
If you can drive there, it ain't wilderness.
Nevertheless, packing it all out like this is the right thing to do - good show. Too many car campers destroy all the easy-access areas (backpackers call them trailheads...) and we have to walk for sometimes a half-mile before we leave that behind - the beer-can-and-Doritos toters don't usually go further from their cars than that.
Backpacking, you have to carry your garbage with you, but you are not generating much garbage in the first place, unless you're doing it all wrong. I usually come back from a four-day trip with less than a one-quart ziplock bag full, and none of it wet or smelly.