2/21/23 - Laundry Day

I love laundry day. In the van, it usually means a stop in town at a laundromat.

Laundromats have the best names. If I have time, I’ll do my reasearch to see which laundromat will win my business based on name alone. After all, it doesn’t really matter, almost all coin operated laundromats are the same.

“Let’s see there’s The Soap Opera, The Washboard, The Suds N Such, and the Wishy Washy.” All great choices! I opted for the Soap Opera.

It’s a known fact that your clothes get 10% cleaner by going to a funny named laundromat.

Once a laundromat has been chosen, I gather my unmentionables, sheets, towels, anything that needs it, and haul it on in. I don’t have a basket, I just shove everything into a pillow case/laundry bag a friend made me.

I find a likeable washer, shove the jumbled mass in there (lots of shoving on laundy day) and shut the door. I put in the quarters, I love quarters - such a useful coin! Add the soap, set it to cold (think green) and push start.

Twenty five minutes later, i collect my wet clean clothes shoving them all back into the pillow case and exit.

Then I drive to the park I’m staying at, usually i do laundry as close as possible to my landing spot.

I get my site, I take a look at the clothesline options and set it up. It’s very useful to have a ladder on the van for clothesline purposes.

Sun and wind dried clothes smell, feel, and look better than any dryer dried clothes. Not only that, It’s fast! When I dry my clothes outside in the desert, they are done in about 20 minutes!

I take em off as they dry. I “fold” them before shoving them back into my wardrobe shelf, and get on with my life.