Touring w/Non-Cycling Spouse

[jckid]

I would like to do a 2-week tour along the the California & Oregon coastlines in the near future.  My husband enjoys rides of 5-15 miles, but he is not interested in touring or long-distance cycling at all.  Solo touring is out of the question for me, and I'm not really interested in organized group tours.  The only solution that I've come up with is for me to do the trip by bicycle and my husband to follow in the car.  He is willing to do that.  Obviously I would be traveling too slow for him to literally follow me, but he could meet me at the day's destination.  I'm just wondering if anyone here has done something similar and how it worked out.      

[Mira!]

My husband doesn't cycle, either, and although I'm focusing on the Canadian Rockies at the moment, I'd like to do that trip, too.  Would you like a riding partner?

[jckid]

I'm not really looking for a riding partner at this point, because it will likely be at least a year until I do the ride.  

I would like to do the trip with my husband, but I'm not sure how me cycling and him driving would work out.  Sounds a little boring for him, but then again, he's willing, and the camping part would be fun for both of us.  I'm just wondering if anyone has tried this kind of arrangement and if it worked out.

[brad]

my wife does not really enjoy herculean efforts of touring either and we have kids. what i have done is take the family on shorter routes, perhaps 20-30 miles a day max where we can camp and do fun things like swim, visit museums, etc. and now the wife and i are talking of getting a tandem to do some longer tours together sans kinder. start small and they may come to enjoy it.

[JayH]

Well, if your husband can plan in advance, various stuff in the CA/OR area that he does like to visit, he can certainly drive out there, do the sightseeing or whatever and then meet you at camp. If you plan well, you can even figure out how long it take to get to the spot and meet him there.  Its definitely doable with some legwork.

There are many bicycle tours where they have different itineraries for cyclists and non-cyclists or for different level of cyclists so it is common for them to have different trips on the same day, but each night meeting up for dinner and after dinner events.

Jay

[bkrbll]

My wife doesn't cycle so I am in the same fix.  She would like to go along with me but not on a bike and no tents for her.
She already has a plan worked out.  We will get a small RV like a customized van and she will check out all the shopping in the area and things of interest to see while I ride.  We can meet for lunch and take a stroll through some place of interest she has found and then we meet up again in the evening for dinner and a place to spend the night.
I get to see all the things she misses at 50mph+ and she does the scouting for things to see and do that I may have missed or didn't focus on since I would be concerned with food,water, and places to camp if I were all on my own. So we kind of get the best of both worlds.