Who camps on road trips?

[dantama]

I like to camp, partly because it feels more adventurous, partly because I'm too cheap to waste a motel on just me :)

I don't plan my camp stops out, I just try to find a spot about an hour before the sun goes down. In urban areas, I find a KOA type place, or hope to find one. Out west, I try to find a place in the boonies that isn't a camp ground, just a level spot away from the road.

I don't even start looking for a place till very late in the day. I suppose I like the tension of, "will I find a place before it gets dark".

I always have found one, the closest I've come to not was sleeping in the tall weeds just off the road near Craig Colorado, on the edge of a field. Nothing came up near dark, and so I took what I could. The weeds were so tall that once I moved my bike in, it was hidden, and so was the tent.
I had a crazy dream that night that I woke up and my tent was on the back lawn of some mansion.

I put my small tent up, a spring bar type, don't use stakes or anything, once my sleeping bag and helmet and gear is in it, it's always held it down without any problems.

I prefer the primitive camping that isn't in a campground, but one benefit of the KOA type places is that you often run across other motorcyclists. They are always good to sit and chat with. I have a few phone numbers stashed away of people I've met that way who invite me to stay at their house if I'm ever passing through their state.

I've only taken one person up on it, but have others saved just in case I ever take a trip through their state. Of course, they have my number and I would reciprocate.

Just curious who else is a camper on their bike?