I reckon once you have your license it'll all come together.
At our club (to be fair, we're little bit too far away for you to consider!), we have no restrictions on what members book planes out for (within reason). People going on longer trips do tend to fly for an hour or two a day, but we don't require it - simply we don't want people having any pressure to fly when they are not 100% comfortable to fly (weather/fatigue/whatever).
You'll get to know people who own planes, groups that hire them etc. There are always plenty of options - it pays to shop about though and don't get trapped in that mentality that it's easier to stay with the place you learned to fly post-license and hire from them (I wasted 4 years doing that!).
Enjoy!!