Cristalino Jungle Lodge - Day to Day
Back from a tramp through the jungle, I usually had just enough time to get out of my sweaty clothes, rinse off in the outdoor shower, and pull on shorts, t-shirt, sandals for lunch. Our outdoor shower was in a small private garden, leafy with plants, floored with smooth pebble-impressed concrete pavers. It was frequented by lizards and butterflies enjoying the water from the shower. I took to undressing outside after I found way too many ticks. Off with the boots, socks, ankle support, long sleeved shirt, t-shirt, pants, bra and briefs - all left outdoors - hangable clothes on the clothes line, footwear spread out in the sun. I figured the ticks would abandon all hope and flee.
The afternoon excursion usually started at 3:30 with hope that the mid-day heat would be waning. Stepping into the little secret garden was a treat. Butterflies fluttered up momentarily from my socks, shoelaces, pants, t-shirt, but salty sweat is delectable and they soon settle back, until I shook them off in a cloud of yellow and brown.
Our showers here in the desert are mostly for rinsing off dried sweat. Thankfully, no ticks. Your outdoor shower reminds me of Tucson's rain water cistern guru, Brad Lancaster's shower. He built a palm frond walled shower in his yard that sports a pebble floor with four drains. He covers three of the drains and the water flows down the fourth to the part of the garden that he has decided needs the water. Very practical and much easier than our bucket brigade from bathroom to garden!
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