Reading and thinking about the trip all the time now. Found a great little touring charity/mission called Bike and Build. The Blog above was from one of the riders last year. Great stuff. Riding across the country and building houses is a great idea for those just out of school. I'm hoping we can meet up with one or another of their groups as we move west this summer. There are three of them that cross our path, and maybe we can flex our dates a couple of days one way or another to catch them.