[LakeCleElum]

In the old days.....Lots of MC trips and no money. Why I don't do it anymore:

1) Sleeping bag beside the road somewhere near Chico, CA......Go to a restaurant the next morning and put helmet on empty table next to me. Waitress screams when bringing my meal....Hundreds of little ants on the table from my helmet.....I washed my hair in the bathroom.

2) Small tent and sleeping bag on beach near Lincoln City Oregon....Tide came in and I'm under water.

3) Rest area north of Redding CA.......Walked away from parked cars and thew down sleeping bag.....Get up and I'm 3 ft from a steep hillside I could have tumbled down in the dark and gotten seriously injuried.

4) Rest area off I-5 near San Diego.....Just a sleeping bag. Sprinklers came on in the middle of the night.

5) 1978 on I-90 west of Liviningston, MT......A lack of towns, fuel, daylight and no lack of beer mandated an immediate stop for the night. Pitched a tent in the median of the freeway. Never a good idea.....

6)....Early '80's.....Woke up in some gals bed in northern Calif......Gotta leave early....No idea where I am or how to get out of the neighborhood.......

7) Southern Iowa........Local gal sez...You gotta call my friend Johnnie and stay with her..............OMG.

8) Gilroy, CA - 1978.....Sleeping bag in field after dark.....Woke up to warm breath on my face.......A horse had his nose 3 inches from my face checking me out.

9) Southern Idaho.....Sleeping bag on dirt road in what looked like an unfenced auto wrecking yard....Footsteps in the dark. Owner carrying a shotgun had had problems with theft.....We had a good chat and I was welcome to stay....

There's more.........But, only motels for at least the last 20 years....