Difficulty Sleeping

Something with a shower would be nice....

When we were planning this trip, we thought we'd have to camp many nights because we couldn't find a hotel or we'd want to be close to the remote places were visiting. Here's the reality:

We often can't find a campsite. Many of the typically small, public park campgrounds are booked months in advance. The private campgrounds cater to RVs almost exclusively and are notoriously cheesy and non-wilderness like. Add to that that many campgrounds (even in the southwest) are closed until summer.

We've been forced settle on a motel, sometimes far from our destinations due to the lack of campsites. We won't risk driving to the first-come first-serve BLM or Forest Service sites that are 50 miles from a town only to have to turn around and hope for the best late in the day. So we just cut our losses and stay in motels. No, not hotels. Not no-tells either, but never posh. Since we want the bikes close by, we stay in those little, locally owned, usually retro, places where we can park by the door. Some of the least expensive have been the nicest experiences.

We have only one more day in Utah ;-( Let's see if Colorado is different.





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