The Laundromat Chronicles: Outdoor Laundry

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Outdoor Laundry

We are currently at Paul B. Johnson State Park in Mississippi. Not many state or federal parks have laundry facilities so I was really excited when we discovered two washers and two dryers this morning on our walk. We immediately returned to our camper and scooped up two loads of laundry, some quarters and detergent. It was further than I wanted to walk carrying all that so we hopped in the truck with our dog, chairs and books and off we set.

The hot and cold valves were all mixed up and all the equipment was dusty dirty but the machines worked pretty good. Well, the one on the left was missing a foot or something so when it was spinning I had to almost sit on it to keep it from walking away with my laundry.

Yea! Clean jeans and clean underwear! I am a happy camper!

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Do'in the Wash

Hi! Thanks for visiting my Laundromat Blog!

My name is Suzie Townsend and I am traveling around the country with my husband, Kirby and our dog Jake in our RV.

I think I have spent more time in laundromats than all of my friends combined. OK, you can't count my boating friends but even some of them have their own washer and dryer these days.

We recently moved into our brand new 5th wheel and have taken off on an adventure. We have a fairly large rig - 38 feet - but still, to have a washer and dryer would take way too much of my storage space. It is even plumbed for it. But I have too much stuff!

We used to live on a sailboat and of course I had to go to laundromats each week. While we were in Mexico on our boat, we would drop our laundry off and come back the next day to clean clothes - but sometimes they still had detergent in them and sometimes you didn't get everything back that you took in. Other times, you got extra stuff and wondered who it really belonged to.

The past five years we have lived in a real house and I had my very own washer and dryer. Nothing fancy, but they worked and oh, how I loved them. I never, ever complained about doing laundry. I LOVED doing laundry! Day and night - whenever I wanted something clean - I would just start that old machine and enjoy!

Those days are past now and I will again be going to the laundromat each week. I don't like it but I will try to find some humor in it so that it will be fun.