The lovely loo during an awesome autumn

After  too long a time, we got to return to the cabin. In the seven weeks since our last visit, the seasons had changed, and fall was waiting for us in all her splendor. Due to our little micro-climate - we had full foliage before the rest of the area - so our view out the window was resplendent with the golds, oranges and reds of fall.

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There wasn't much on the agenda; for the first time in a long time we went there with the idea of simply relaxing and communing with nature.
There was one thing on someones mind though - an indoor outhouse. Yes, a place to poo, a defining location to defecate, a veritable piss palace if you would.Hmm, any other tacky toilet expressions?

Okay, now that I got my junior high school hi-jinks done, we installed a "loveable loo." We built our own and you can get directions or buy a kit from here. 

It is a simple box with a 5 gallon bucket inside; simply add sawdust as you go. Everyone on-line said there would be no stink, and they were right! We have a very small, well insulated cabin with no drafts, and the most we smelled was the fresh pine sawdust, which we got from a sawmill down the road.

Even though we have been married for decades, privacy on some matters is still put at a premium. We slid a simple OSB cover blocking the view between the ladder treads, and we hung a hammock as a temporary curtain.

The completed loo sort of reminds me of a playhouse I had under the basement stairs growing up, except as a kid I had a periscope and no loo. After 2 days it was time to dump the sawdust. We made a spot far away and off the trails. Even though you can make compost with this, we are going to pass.