Originally Posted by
wipekitty
At this point, there is not transportation back.
There's a lot of La Crosse area riders, so I can probably pay off someone who is coming for spouse collection anyway. If not, it may be a one-way car rental, or maybe I'll just ride back!
I did that for the Reach the Beach ride, years ago.
Got up early, and rode about 30 miles from my house to the start (Monroe). Then about 150 miles to the beach (Lincoln City), carrying my camping gear. Maybe 180 miles total. I was EXHAUSTED when I crossed that finish line. Banquet of some sort that night, then camped for the night and rode the trip in reverse back the next day. Except, for some reason I didn't quite have the reverse course, and I took lots of shortcuts, so the return trip probably was less than 150 miles total, and not nearly as exhausting (fewer hills).
I still have a lot of problems with what I call the "Morning After" rides. One hard day, and the next day I'm pretty burnt out.
I don't camp a lot (one of the reasons I do a fair number of 150+ mile rides). But, I'm working on getting lighter/better road camping gear.