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OK, still thinking about doing this trip, and have yet to ask work for the time off.  Carrying my kit across the US is pretty daunting, so am kinda looking into a tour.

http://www.adventurecycling.org/tours/tourdetail.cfm?id=281&t=EV12&p=2

I don't like the idea of it though, very tied into each day, not sure how flexible they are, if I want to stop off and relax for a bit, take some photo's etc.  Plus the food doesn't sound too great, I would preffer to eat in local places. Also,I would not like to camp.  The one thing going for it, or a couple of things really, is that they take your bags for you in a van to the next stop!  FAB!  I cant really enjoy the bike which is one of the reasons for wanting to travel lite.  Also they have mechanics to help with the bike, and I can draft and work as a team in the windy parts of the trip.  Do these outweigh the negs?  will see