Originally Posted by Flyboy718

I am a school teacher and have the entire summers off. One of the reasons I became a teacher is so that I can do long touring without having to wait till I retire some day and then may not even be physically able to do it anyway. Last summer was my first summer off and I was wanting to ride my bike across the country. I had worked myself up during the year and then when it came time to do it, I instead decided to just go with the family to Colorado and camp for a month. We are quickly approaching the summer and another opportunity for me to bike across the country. Anxiety is starting to creep in again. What's even worse is I was in the military and for some reason riding a bike alone across the country is causing me to overthink it. My major concern is my safety actually on the road and being hit by a car. I plan to stealth camp when I decide to finally do this. Am I just weird or do you guys have bike touring anxiety sometimes?