My Home on the Ranch

This week I took a few pictures of the tent/dorm that I live in and some of the other amenities I use at Rancho Genesis. There are 3 bunk beds in my tent, carpet, and a couple of plastic shelves that we keep some of our stuff on. I was living in there with Ceci and Rachel up until Friday when Ceci left to go back to college. The picture(s) that I will have on here show it really messy, but Rachel and I cleaned it up this morning so it looks a lot better now (I'll try to remember to take another picture before we mess it up again).





The shower the staff use on the Ranch is constructed of a wooded frame and blue tarp-like material. It's open to the sky and you can easily hear everything going on near the shower while you are in there. It's a little strange. I'm not used to having conversations with people while they are showering (the shower is right next to my tent). We have 2 water options for our showers. We can either use a solar bag (which only works if you remember to fill one up) or the piped in water from the tanks. Solar bags provide great warm water up when you remember to fill them and are able to take a shower before it cools down outside.





We have really nice bathrooms at the Ranch. A very fancy hole in the ground. :) I didn't take a picture of the inside of the outhouses, but it's basically a toilet seat on a bench over a large, deep hole. Next to the outhouse we have a large blue barrel that serves as our hand/foot/face washing station and next to that is an igloo that contains the water we use to brush our teeth. It's far from fancy, but it works.



Now you've seen most of my new home. I haven't taken any pictures of Genesis's office where I stay on the weekends and where I will be staying when the camps are over at the Ranch. I will try to remember to take and post some of those over the next few weeks.