I am going to attemptt to ride my bicycle from Houston Texas to Downingtown PA in the late summer of 2010. i think that the trip will take about 20 days riding 60-75 mles per day. I have the route, the biggest questions i have are
1) hotels or camping?
2) support vehicle or not
3) how do we get home after the ride.
Do you want to go?

I am a seasoned rider that does 100+ rides every weekend at an average pace of 20mph. This weekend I am doing a camping overnight (150 miles over 2 days on a flat trail) and got child bike trailer to hold the 25-30 lbs of camping stuff. How much more difficult will this make my ride and will I be able to keep up with the other riders? I have removed everything extra off the trailer so its more aero and lighter. I had no problem doing some practice runs around the house but i don’t want the wrong decision 100 miles out. Should I ditch the camping idea and just hotel it?

what sort of weight you carry, and where did you ride. camping or hotels. very interested in your trips.