I ALWAYS look down the hole before I go in one of those... I'm not saying I wanna see what's down there, but I look just in case there is something down there that I REALLY don't wanna see... (Does that make sense?)
Anyway, here's a tip for your next road trip. Being that I'm a parent of small kids who usually manage NOT to tell me they have to go until an accident is imminent... I always have a large kitchen trash bag stashed in the diaper bag, with the bottom seam cut off it. You can shake that puppy open, put half of it down the hole and wrap the rest over the whole seat and outer part of the potty... Those little paper seat covers do NOT cut it with small kids who have to "hold on" to go... When they're done, I do NOT put the bag down the hole, i'll take it off and put it in the garbage... but that way, the entire potty is covered, inside and out...
It's the best I can do if we're forced to use one....
Anyway, here's a tip for your next road trip. Being that I'm a parent of small kids who usually manage NOT to tell me they have to go until an accident is imminent... I always have a large kitchen trash bag stashed in the diaper bag, with the bottom seam cut off it. You can shake that puppy open, put half of it down the hole and wrap the rest over the whole seat and outer part of the potty... Those little paper seat covers do NOT cut it with small kids who have to "hold on" to go... When they're done, I do NOT put the bag down the hole, i'll take it off and put it in the garbage... but that way, the entire potty is covered, inside and out...
It's the best I can do if we're forced to use one....