yup.. we used pool water for the toilets too... because of the rain tires on the truck, we had to wait for the plows b4 we could get water... so we melted snow for the morning coffee, and we broke out the camping perculator for all week...

were probably going to get a generator.. gonna be a hard winter by the looks of things now.. the rental was just shy of $150 for 4 days.. a generator of the same size as we rented isn't much more to buy