Thanks for all of the advice. I will start getting things in order and hopefully I'll be able to get going on this within a week or two. I currently am riding my motorcycle, but I was looking for an excuse to start doing a decent amount of riding again. The mileage shouldn't bother me too much, as I have a friend that can give me a ride home in the evening if I stick around till she is off (about an hour after me).
As for the not searching for "shower," not sure why it didn't occur to me; But oh well, right.