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When You Gotta Go

When you gotta go, it’s good to have the option of a two-story outhouse. The historic outhouse below was standing at the Grand Encampment Museum in Wyoming. An average of 60-70 inches of snow falls in. this part of Wyoming each year. According to the museum, that amount of snow made the first level inaccessible through the winter months.

A rustic wooden outhouse with separate entrances for women and men, surrounded by trees and greenery.

Two Wyoming landscapes were featured on “Wyoming Landscapes.”

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Posted for CFFC – Something that Took You Higher

I am curious to know your thoughts.

30 responses to “When You Gotta Go”

  1. WanderingCanadians Avatar
    WanderingCanadians

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen a two-story outhouse before!

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    1. Pepper Avatar
      Pepper

      It is definitely unusual and I’ve only seen one at this museum in Wyoming.

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  2. norasphotos4u Avatar
    norasphotos4u

    Clever solution for a snowy area!

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    1. Pepper Avatar
      Pepper

      I thought it was too. 😉

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  3. Linda Schaub Avatar
    Linda Schaub

    I’m sorry Pepper – I just read about a friend Piper and she was on my mind. I apologize.

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    1. Pepper Avatar
      Pepper

      No worries. I’ve been called Piper lots of times. 😉

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      1. Linda Schaub Avatar
        Linda Schaub

        Whew! I’m glad I’m not the only one then. I don’t know why I was thinking of a former co-worker named Piper and I Googled her and found she was co-owner of a business making hand-made dolls and had been on Fox 2 News a while back.

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        1. Pepper Avatar
          Pepper

          Two of my friends are named Anne and Anita. I have been known to switch their names around a time or two. 😁

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          1. Linda Schaub Avatar
            Linda Schaub

            That is understandable – too close in the names there. In high school, there were six of us girls who were inseparable during senior year. Three of us were named Linda. We had to use our last name initial to keep things straight – luckily they were not all the same initial.

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            1. Pepper Avatar
              Pepper

              😂

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  4. Linda Schaub Avatar
    Linda Schaub

    Well that is interesting Piper, but I have to admit, I’d try to limit my intake of fluids. 🙂 When I visited Turkey years ago (1981, so it may be different now), our tour guide recommended not drinking a lot of fluids before visiting as the area only had Turkish toilets. It was a very hot day … most of us wore light clothing and gravitated toward the shade a lot. 🙂

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    1. Pepper Avatar
      Pepper

      Kinda sounds like what I did during my African Safari. 😁

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      1. Linda Schaub Avatar
        Linda Schaub

        That’s funny! Sometimes traveling requires you to be flexible and just “go with the flow” but it’s good to have options. 🙂

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        1. Pepper Avatar
          Pepper

          Exactly. 😉

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  5. Egídio Avatar
    Egídio

    Hmm, I’m not sure that looks very sturdy.

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    1. Pepper Avatar
      Pepper

      Thinking it might be sturdier than it looks but then. . . . I didn’t stand on any part of it either. 😁

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      1. Egídio Avatar
        Egídio

        Hahaha

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  6. Eliza Waters Avatar
    Eliza Waters

    Makes sense! 🙂

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    1. Pepper Avatar
      Pepper

      Yes, it does. I am thankful for more modern plumbing. 😉

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      1. Eliza Waters Avatar
        Eliza Waters

        Having lived on a homestead in Maine, I second that! 😀

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  7. Dan Antion Avatar
    Dan Antion

    That’s a great photo, and a most interesting outhouse. As others have said, I’d opt to the upper level.

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    1. Pepper Avatar
      Pepper

      Thanks, Dan. Thinking you’ll have to join the line for the upper level. 😁

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  8. Photos from Sue Avatar
    Photos from Sue

    Did you take a peek inside???

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    1. Pepper Avatar
      Pepper

      No, I did not. I would have but the doors were locked to keep people out. 😉

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  9. Leanne Cole Avatar
    Leanne Cole

    I didn’t think of snow, my first thoughts were, I wouldn’t want to be underneath with someone above me.

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    1. Maria Avatar
      Maria

      Yeah, one can’t help wondering where it all goes..

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      1. Pepper Avatar
        Pepper

        I can’t even think about that.

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    2. Pepper Avatar
      Pepper

      Oh, me neither! I would head up those stairs. 😁

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  10. Frank Hubeny Avatar
    Frank Hubeny

    That’s a great outhouse!

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    1. Pepper Avatar
      Pepper

      I thought it was too, Frank. I had never even heard of a two story outhouse until I saw this one.

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