Logistics for a sagged multi-day tour

[divingbiker]

Maybe a small backpack would work. If you have a travel store near you, or luggage shop they ought to have some that would fold into it's own pouch, but could be used for bathroom stuff, change of clothes and a towel. Dirty laundry goes into a larger trash bag to keep separate from clean clothes.

That's what I would use anyway, that is, if I have understood your question correctly. Take lots of zip lock bags! You never know....

Tell us more about your trip? Where are you riding?

Yes, lots of zip locs and trash bags, good idea. Maybe my waterproof bag for kayaking would work for taking stuff back and forth?

I'm going to Nebraska to do the Tour de Nebraska. It's a 5-day, 300 mile trip that starts and ends in the same town and makes a loop through 4 very small towns. 175 people will be riding.

I was planning to sleep in the gyms, churches, etc that they've got lined up, but my neighbor said that when she did a multi-day MS walk, she really wished she was camping so she'd have her own personal space in the tent. So now I'm going to be taking a tent.

It just seems like an awful lot of stuff to be hauling along, with a tent, air mattress, chair (they recommend taking one), regular clothes, cycling clothes, etc.

I just got my bike boxed up, so at least that's taken care of. I'm rambling here because I feel so overwhelmed...