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niknak - I've done plenty of camping in my life, but generally set up once and sit there a couple days, or have a car where thought out packing of everything back into its proper place isn't so key. Once camp was established, I had no issue with it, it was more the tediousness of doing it every morning and evening. That, and specifically there, the never ending sun makes it hard to sleep at night in a tent, even with a mask. Definitely got use out of the gas stations later in the week as it became evident we wouldn't be making it inland, it was cold enough that lunch meat kept for a few days, and hot dogs were a nice touch one day waiting out a few min of rain.
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Doug64 - It was really a great trip in the end, just wish I would have done it alone. Can't guarantee that I would have made it through the country alone, but then the "failure" would have been solely on me. It was actually interesting, we met one cyclist doing it solo (the aforementioned guy above pushing a century a day), and after getting through talking to him, my two traveling mates wondered why anyone would do such a thing alone. Took every effort to not respond to them, some of us just travel better solo
With the exception of nearly always pedaling into a wind, I lucked out with no rain and temps in the 50s every day but Friday morning, when we got drenched (but hey, at least I got to use my raingear!), I'd definitely recommend it to someone who enjoys riding through any sort of condition, as the helpful sign in the Bike Pit at the airport suggests:
