Our house was built during the late 1800s, so I know that there were once outhouses on this property. Using a metal detector (I don’t own one yet), I may someday discover exactly where they were... that is where untold treasures may be hidden. I own a backhoe, so it would be easy to dig them up.
If our septic system were to go down for an extended time, I’ll dig a pit and use the Airstream trailer for our bathroom. ;>)
You’re not a spring chicken, either. Can you believe we are likely going back to the time of our parents/grandparents? I visited grandparents in Arkansas and they had no power at all - used oil lamps and wood stoves. I have the old “pie safe” from grandmother’s kitchen and “wash stand” that was in a bedroom where the big pitcher of water and basin was with doors to cabinet underneath where wash clothes/soap/towels were kept.
As I prepared, I used my knowledge of how they lived to develop my own if power went away. There was a point I gave up grieving over the demise of this country and prepared to live as well as I can without power.