Advgrrl Motorcycle Adventures & More
I find there are three sides to the concept of camping while traveling on a bike.
- Stealth Camping: Living temporarily in a location, usually for recreation, in a covert or secretive fashion. Stealth camping is also referred to as wild camping, ninja camping, or free camping. (source: stealthcamping.com)
- Tent Camping: Enjoying the great outdoors living in a tent usually in some sort of park or campground
- No way tent camping: Enjoy riding a bike from hotel/motel to hotel/motel
Cheryl and I are mostly #2 and #3. Our theory about riding and camping/tenting is this…..If it’s not raining when we stop for the day and we are not too tired, we camp. Our definition of camping can be setting up our tent or staying in a cabin. We usually don’t mind if it rains on us after we get camp set up but truly dislike breaking down wet gear and…
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When you ride at or near the limits of you abilities based on your experience, age or physical condition and/or ones infirmities you are for all intents and purposes an ADV rider. Not everyone can ride Dakar, Top of the World, Bear Tooth Pass etc. It is really about what you feel inside and what the experience means to you personally. No one else can ride it for you. Ride as hard as you feel comfortable riding and enjoy the journey, 50 blocks or 20,000 miles. IT is after all all about perspective, YOURS !
totally agree!