24 July 2013

Pictorial: Alaska's Outhouses

Not something many of us see everyday, anymore. There were lots of 'em around, when I was a young'un, but that was somewhere around the time the dinosaurs died off.

To wet your whistle:



Go here to see dozens more. :)

8 comments:

PolyKahr said...

I can't imagine using an outhouse in the winter, but my mother did. How spoiled we are.

God bless and keep you,
PolyKahr

threecollie said...

I can relate to the last one, having lived in an unplumbed cabin in the Adirondacks for a few years a couple of times. Brr.......

Chickenmom said...

They still have them here - you can see some in back of the older farm houses.

Rev. Paul said...

PolyKahr, we spent a lot of time on my grandparents' farm when I was a boy. No plumbing, and choices were either a chamber pot if the weather was really nasty, or the outhouse. I've used both. Not as pleasant in the winter, but the worst part was stepping in fresh cow pies on the way to the outhouse, in the dark.

threecollie, yes indeed. Brr is right!

Chickenmom, understood. Most cabins here have them as well, as there's no plumbing to be had in the Bush.

ProudHillbilly said...

Oh, yes. But I refused to use the outhouse because it had huge wolf spiders in it. It was chamber pot or woods for me.

Rev. Paul said...

PH, I understand that. Grandpa's outhouse had spiders, mud daubers & yellowjackets in the summer. Using it in the winter was rather nice, by comparison.

threecollie said...

Off topic, but I sure was wishing you were still on FAcebook today. Local news channel was all excited about a moose hanging out in an area cow pasture. They shared photos of people hugging it.

Rev. Paul said...

threecollie, that's cool. You should right-click & save that photo, and put it on your blog. :)