Originally Posted by
staehpj1
Not all that strange really. I have had similar encounters when camped in town parks.
In Texas (or maybe it was just over the line into Louisiana) when I was camped under a bridge, the cops gave a little wave and then went on when I waved back. It was a turn around point for at least three different varieties of law enforcement (state, natural resources, and maybe county) and all of them did the same thing.
We had a similar experience in Wyoming when we camped at a rest area, just behind the wall that said "no camping". It was a 120 mile stretch of sage brush with the rest stop about in the middle. We could have wild camped anywhere, but due to helping a lady at the rest stop, we were delayed well into the afternoon. It had hot water and bathrooms, so there was little incentive to move out into the sagebrush. Another cyclist that we had been leapfrogging since Yellowstone joined us. The police officer came in shortly after dark, shined his light our way, saw the bikes, and turned around and left. I think it is pretty common.
