Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
As a newcomer to being outdoors - even at my age I've never "gone" outdoors...

That is going to change with my new-found love for biking and hiking!
Total TMI but I went outside for the first time in my 29 years recently, after looking for poison ivy it was shockingly liberating. No waiting for a bathroom and outside doesn't smell as bad as a porta potty sitting baking the Texas sun. Oh and I learned what poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac looked like when I started mountain biking. One of the best things I learned. I pack a baggies of TP or baby wipes in my camel back though so I am not looking for leaves.

I too hate the Porta Potties, if the smell weren't bad enough they are often out of paper or the paper is on the floor. Oh and there is one trail here with something worse - composting toilets. I have used some that are okay but these smell so awful.

Oh and secure your phone, it is expense and no one lets you live it down if you lose your phone to a porta potty. Trust me.