Camping has always been a great activity to do on a budget. All the equipment you’d need will run you about $100, and you can use it for quite a bit before it needs to be replaced. The hardest part and most expensive is getting to the campsite. Most people will drive a car while quite a few people will take it to the next level with a RV or trailer.
Most people in the US already have a car so it is easy to load up and hit the road. The RV/trailer on the other hand is a questionable purchase in my humble opinion. Unless your retired and planning to spend months on the road, the cost and space requirements just aren’t worth it.
Another option that I recently tired for the first time and believe rivals the car camping experience is bike camping.
The bike, such a simple piece of machinery. Purely driven by human energy. No loud engine or droning tire noise. It makes for very pleasant travels. Slow down and take in the sights because there is a lot of interesting all around, and you’d be surprised just what might be just off the highway.
As I sit here on the beach of Lake Michigan and write about my ongoing trip, it is easy to tell that you experience so much more on the bike than in the car. You are always looking around taking in the sights at a more natural pace. Seeing things you would only get a glance of while doing 70mph down a highway.
Whether it be the bogs along the highway, the very well-endowed women of Michigan City, the sand dunes of Indiana, or even the sky scrapers of Chicago. On the bike, you have time to take in the sites and reflect on what you just saw.
Usually, I like to give detailed accounts of trips in these posts, but I don’t have the time to recount everything that I expirenced on this trip. There was just so much to see even though its only been 2 days.
If you’re feeling adventurous, I highly recommend a camping trip on a bike.
