Travel Tips: Staying clean on the road

I'm sure at this point people are getting worried. I mean two updates in a week? Well...what can i say, I have more time on my hands. I'm thankful for that. Good changes in my life. Not saying this will be the easiest path, but I feel happier about it by the day. However, let me get to the point of this blog. Oh yes. This will be a new series of posts. Random tips about traveling that I've learned. I'm sure some people know these, but this will give some good reference. Today is all about baby wipes. That's right. Baby wipes. These are a terribly wasteful way of staying clean. If i could find a reusable (and i haven't looked into this yet) way of doing the same thing it would be much nicer.

So you ask, "Why do I need baby wipes?" Let me tell you a story. After five days on the road with a band of stinky Celts (Lunarium - Celtic Folk Metal - now defunct) in a bus with no A/C the one thing other than a cool gallon of water one wants is a shower. With no shower in sight the next best thing are baby wipes. These are one of the more universal cleaning tools on the planet. Hygienic enough for little children so they will take good care of your smelly grown up parts. They take good care of cleaning human bodies, dishes, flat surfaces for whatever reason, and random messes that your traveling mates make after a night of debauchery. Just about anyone in any sort of traveling job or hobby that only allows for infrequent showering will tell you the miracle of baby wipes.

This is such a simple thing. One would not think of this as a large problem. However, after 3 days of doing your thing and your balls are sticking to your leg (or if you are female and you feel like you have balls sticking to your leg) those precious wipes are heaven. If you get a hold of the big value pack in the plastic clam shell just transfer them to a zip lock bag of some kind and stuff that in your travel pack or motorhome. You will thank me later.

Tell me what you think. Give me stories about your baby wipe experiences. If you have any suggestions about a reusable option.