Congratulations to all of you STP veterans!
Thanks for sharing your ride experiences too and I agree that the logistics of the STP - even for locals - is one of the biggest challenges and that the volunteers are terrific too.
This is a huge undertaking, takes tons of people to plan and organize it, staff all of the locations from packet-stuffing and pick-up to start line, gear trucks, rest stops, road support, finish line festival, return transportation for both riders and bikes - whew!