Originally Posted by staehpj1

I see that you are in Canada. I suspect that there are probably more places there that are a long way between restock points than in the US where I have toured.

Just me, but if I had to carry 7 days of water on any given route, I'd tour somewhere else. I don't mind knocking out big miles to get across big gaps in services, but I am a wimp about hauling a heavy load. So knocking out a 100 mile or longer day is okay now and then, but hauling much more than two days water is a show stopper for me. I generally find that, unless going off road, the places with long distances between restock points are the ones where I am likely to knock out long days, so 515 km would probably be 3 days if the roads were paved. I have done as much as 145 mile day to avoid carrying two days of water.

Also I generally find that I am typically never anywhere that there aren't at least a few cars every day, so in an emergency I'd resort to bumming a ride. I have never needed to do that for a lack of supplies, but I have been with folks who needed to because of a mechanical problem or injury and they never had a problem getting a ride. The more remote the area the more likely that most folks will stop.