Holy Doodle

Take a wild guess at how much a plumber charges out here, go on....you're too low, $275/hour from the time he leaves his office.  So we did not hire a plumber.  So what did we do when the septic line backed up for the second time in as many days?  Of course, exactly what you would do, fortunately there is no one out here to hear you scream.  Then Brad showed up with welder in hand to fix aforementioned stairs and of course he had a possible solution and, well, lets keep our fingers crossed while we wait for our composting toilet.  If you ever need to clean out a septic line try flexible plumbing pipe connected end to end with small screws.  At the end of the contraption screw in several long screws to form a ball of spikes and scrape out the pipe.  We found what we think will be an amazing alternative to using fresh water to wash away effluent.  It is called Natures Head, even the name is neat.  Funny how I can leave the navy but it still follows me in small ways.  We talked about living a simple life true to our beliefs and values for so long, to finally be here is a true "turn of a friendly card" to quote Alan Parsons.