My first tour was great, super easy. No accidents, breakdowns, or bad weather.
It was a credit card tour; a friend of mine and I took fairly light road bikes, strapped on racks, and carried enough stuff to get us from town to town. We usually were done "traveling" by 2 p.m. or so each day; we would ditch our stuff in the motel and take our bikes out for more riding.
We had no big destination to get to - we were just out to get some miles in.
If all you are doing is waking up the morning, throwing your leg over a bike and then riding (no job, no distractions, no camp to put up) you can rack up a lot of miles....