It's not the sleeping on the ground part that bothers me. It's the peeing in my shoes part, being eaten by a bear in my sleep part, and not having any camping gear part that bothers me.

I assume that most "civilized" camp grounds have outhouses these days so that takes care of the peeing in the shoes thing. We camped a lot when we were kids and never even saw a bear so the risk of being eaten is probably pretty small. I don't know anyone to borrow camping gear from so we'd have to spend a fair amount of money on gear just to take one camping trip to see if we like camping as adults.

Still, it sounds glorious to get up in the morning, cook breakfast on a camp stove, head out to the trail, come back to camp for lunch, ride again, return to camp for dinner, admire the stars, sleep in the pines, and then rinse and repeat. Maybe we'll try it next summer. Then again, we may just spend a few weekends in a hotel in Fruita instead. We're planning a Fruita mtb trip this fall. I'm soooo excited.