Originally Posted by
staehpj1
but even on that day we rode a few miles down the road and camped so we actually never stayed the same place twice the whole tour.
And that's one of the reasons why I like rest days ... I find the business of setting up camp and packing up camp to be one of the least enjoyable parts of a tour. Any time I can stay in one place for 2 or 3 or several days and do day trips on the bicycle, or do things other than cycling, those are the best days on a tour because I don't have to do all the unpacking and packing stuff. It's probably why I like hub-and-spoke tours so much.