Thank you for all your suggestions and ideas! and hello to Muirenn! i am a long time TE member, but have not been on much in the last few years. Life and my schedule have interfered.

Eden, we actually had the red potato suggestion after last year's ride and we strongly considered it this time. If I could get some volunteers to prepare the potatoes ahead of time, I would definitely use them. We are expecting anywhere from 300 - 400 cyclists. Last year the weather was beautiful and we had 380. As for the hard boiled eggs, while that is a great idea, I doubt I could pull it off this time. I will file it away for the future for sure. The ride is May 18 and we have online registration so I will have a good idea of how many to expect. We do have day-of registration as well but hopefully we will have most registered ahead of time.

Thanks for your help and if anyone thinks of anything else, or has any experience with rest stop food planning and prep, please comment!