That sounds like a good plan. I'd done enough backpacking, ski and mtb touring to know what to take. The only question question was how many miles I could do in a day. I loaded up the bike with everything and did a couple of twenty mile training rides after work, as well as a couple of fifty milers on the weekends leading up to my trip. Once I saw that it was taking me less that five hours to cover forty hilly miles, I knew that I'd have enough energy and daylight to do more. Have fun!