Bring low gears if you are not going lite. I had a 24x34 low gear. Wish I had not hemmed and hawed about getting at 22t small ring until it was too late.

I saw one other person touring. She was headed north on U.S. 5 in Brattleboro. I had gotten off the train earlier and was driving south. She had a bikepacking setup with frame bags and such. Couldn’t see what she was riding, but it wasn’t a traditional touring bike like my LHT.