Gratitude Monday --Water Water Everywhere

Would you drink this water?

We had a glorious time camping on the long weekend.
We learned a great deal about out RPOD including how long a full tank of fresh water lasts.
By Sunday we were down to one-third of a tank. I believe it holds 35 litres (9.24 gal. US or 7.69 CAN) and we had an extra 20 litre jug of filtered drinking water with us so we weren't in any danger, but still, one needs tap water.
The North Saskatchewan River/Abraham Lake was  a few feet away. It's the river that supplies the drinking water for Rocky Mountain House and that means the only difference between the sparkling waters before us and what we had in the tank was a whole whack of chemicals that rendered it fit for human consumption.
We had a two gallon bucket for collecting the water. We needed a funnel to get in into the tank.
A Coke bottle* and a sharp knife solved that problem and we filled it to two-thirds. We needed a bucket or two extra the next day, but that was fine. We were low enough on drinking water that we boiled some of it to mix our instant porridge and Mike had some to drink.
We were fine. We drank the Coke to make sure. That's why we had it.
I am grateful for the camping adventure, grateful that fresh water is plentiful in this country, and especially grateful that when presented with a problem we found a quick viable solution.

*Let the record show the Coke bottle as funnel was my idea. Coca-Cola Ltd. has not told me to talk up its product nor its usefulness, nor am I being compensated in any way for my above claims. If the Co. would like to compensate me, then I am woman enough to accept. 

Gratitude Monday --Catatonic

Good together

I despise taking malaria medication. I've taken it for two trips. All I'll say about the first time was the second time was better. When the third opportunity to take it came along for our trip to Guatemala I had to do something.

I'd joked for years that I'd drink gin and tonic every day instead. Tonic Water (R. TM Whathaveyou)contains quinine. This bitter substance is, or at least was, used in anti-malarials. I've tried Tonic Water on its own and I simply cannot recommend it.

I drink Coke (R. TM. Whathaveyou.) when I travel to ward off the assorted digestive upsets and it works very well.

In a fit of logic I decided to put them together and christened the concoction "Catatonic."

The tastes work well together. I had Coke

(R.TM. Whathave you) every day and Catatonics many times. I even had Tonic Water (R.TM. Whathave you) by itself a few times.  It was okay, but Catatonics are so much better.

Husband is a recent convert to Coca-Cola (R. TM. Whathaveyou) and was an enthusiastic partaker of the new drink.

It kept all manner of things at bay for us and for that I am grateful.

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Neither soft drink company has compensated me in any way for the above. If they want to, then I will be gracious enough and shameless enough to accept.

Gratitude Monday --Things Going Better

A freakin' wonder drug.

The Coca-Cola in Egypt is tasty. Whatever else is in it, it's sweetened with at least some cane syrup. It makes a difference.
But that's not why I'm posting.  Mike was getting a bit ill on the trip and was told by the tour guide one of the best ways things to drink for it is Coke. He noted this was a good preventative as well.
Mike had a Coke. He was better almost immediately. He drank a Coke a day after that and was fine.
I drink Coke on vacation anyway as I like to see what other countries do to it. The only time I didn't was last year in Cuba when I drank the local knock-off, Tukola. It was good, but it's the only vacation where I've gotten sick.
I am grateful for Coke.

NB: Coca-Cola has not approached me for this. It has not enticed me in any way to write this. As far as I know Coke has never heard of me and likely never will.
I have not been paid, hired, or visited upon in any way by the Coca-Cola Company.
I am only telling the story of something that happened.