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Teal, I could LIVE at your camp! LOL Nice set up, congratulations!

Thanks guys.

The shower set up - really very easy and cheap sans the shed/build out. With 2 barrels linked together and NOT taking Hollywood showers - it's great for the whole crew.

Great looking camp Teal

I like your shower setup. Looking to do something similar at our overflow bunkhouse. We have running water but the pressure is too low to consistently operate a tankless heater.

I was thinking of placing a pump between our water source and a tankless heater much like you have done. Looking at the picture, is that two pumps you have in line or a filter system and pump?

I notice (or appears) you have all your equipment, except water barrels, inside. How much heat does the tankless put out considering the wood structure around it?

Are there any recommendations you would give for someone looking to do a similar setup?

It's a filter and pump.

Correct on equipment - not much heat at all. We keep the showers short and because it's basically instant - it's not on a long time 'getting warm". Don't know if I'd worry about that tho - they've got good spacing around the internals and we mounted direct to the wall - no issues at all.

There's nothing we'd really change on it. Our issue is being worried about freezing. The shed it's in - not heated or insulated so when nights get low as they're about to - we drain it and prep for freezing - especially the inside. It's not a good set up for rifle season - temps in the single digits. If there was an easy way to have the barrels inside AND ensure none of the hoses could freeze - would be better but this is pretty off grid - we are 40 acres off the road, no electricity save a Honda generator so there's no easy way to provide low heat to the area and keep it from freezing.


If you're in TX - probably not a concern at all.

It's 100% rain water - I'd not recommend it for drinking - we just use it a lot in the summer/early season to extend our time up there - rinse dirt/mud off etc. Feels like a million bucks after 3 days of cutting wood or whatever in summer temps.

You are correct - in S TX it will get down to freezing at times but not often and not for long. In the forty's we are putting on the heavy winter gear . Thanks for the information - think I will move forward with a similar plan.

No need for the wood stove this year as it was very warm.

My camps are always simple

Airboat Deer Camp, circa 1976, Everglades. Me far left, dad far right, dad was one of 7 boys, all of us at camp were related.

That is a cool picture.

Not a great picture but...

Great-grandfather's camp. Stonington Peninsula- Upper Michigan.

I was there once as a runt. Some distant cousin owns it now.

My G-Grandfather center and his future son-in-law in here. Both would end up running the Marble Arms Knife shop in Gladstone.

IIRC - this is around 1937?

Front porch from home my deer camp

I've had a variety of camps over the years.



Early hunting camp, Colorado mountains, 1978.




Elk camp, Colorado mountains, 2003. Late summer when I set it up.




Same camp during hunting season.




Elk camp using the big wall tent, Colorado mountains, 1995.




Caribou camp, Anisak River Alaska, 2009.




Coues deer camp, southern Arizona, +/- 2013.




Leisurely elk camp, Colorado mountains, +/- 2017.




Climbing camp Kahiltna Glacier, Mount McKinley, 1993.



Climbing camp, Green Ridge, Mount Shasta, +/-2010.



Climbing camp, Gannet Peak, Wyoming, +/- 2012.