We just finished a short tour, and found it better to go with the flow. Plans change when out on the road. Pushing to a destination is not always a good thing. As when I stop for a breather, while we were looking for the turn off to the campground we wanted. I spied a campground across the highway and said "we are staying there!" It was a bit noisy, but after 70 miles pulling a loaded trailer in 90 some degree heat, it was time to stop. And they had free showers!

The next day, when the short easy ride I had envisioned, turned into 40 some miles of rollers and 2 miles of a 5 -8% climb, a motel won over the campground we had planned, especially since a sudden change in the weather, and it was in the low 40's that night with lots of rain and thunderstorms. bikerHen