FWIW a couple of friends were planning a cross US bike camp tour starting in LA, up the coast then across the
northern tier. This was to be in March '21. They did a proof of concept with the bikes and gear from Birmingham to
the panhandle and back. Disaster: none of the campgrounds wanted cycle campers, or charged exorbitant
rates. Reason turned out to be fear of long term homeless stays, figuring cyclists more likely to be such.
FWIW #2 EVERY state to my knowledge has 1 or more in state bicycle tour, typically sponsored by some level
of government and generally very reasonably priced. A google on 'cross state bicycle tour in [state]' should
pop them up. These can be camping only, catered camping, or motelling each night. Almost always sagged
and typically under 60miles (max)/day with lesser options not unusual.
FWIW#3 Many foreign tours offer bike rentals and E-bikes are now extremely common in Europe. For generally
less than or considerably less than the cost of flying your own bike over and back and not worrying about lugging
the box around and storing for the tour this would be a great option (if you are up for $10-15K for the tour and
flights which are not included in tour price). Another option many do are combined river boat/bike tour where you
stay and eat on the boat and get off each am and meet the boat somewhere up or down river later in the day.
There are a lot of these and you always have the option of staying on the boat for the day instead of bike riding.
Last edited by sch; 10-06-21 at 09:45 PM.