I'm not terribly familiar with the bike you have, but I would generally say yes. I love my touring bike, though

I have a Trek 520 (drop bars). I've done long-ish rides on it, have carried 3 extra large pizzas (plus 2 panniers of food underneath), lots of grocery loads, cat litter, cat food, etc, etc. It take it all in stride. I'm slow on it, but not really any slower than I am on other bikes (it's definitely the rider, not the bike!). I even have a generator hub on it.

I don't know how much your bike weights, but tourers are not light. I think mine is right at 30 lbs. But, the position is good, the bike just seems to want to roll - and I usually go faster on it than my Surly Cross Check (which is a couple of pounds lighter and set up as a road bike).

Let me know if I can answer more specific q's

CA