I thought I had asked this before but in a search couldn't find it. So maybe just in my head. :-)

We are planning to retire this coming December and our dream has been to ride the west coast. My wife and I ride a tandem and are looking for a way to reduce the weight on the rear wheel as we are a larger team. Using a trailer seems like a great solution and we have followed a couple of tandem teams using the Burley Nomad which looks like a good option. Living in Lancaster County I've also seen some of the plain folk using the Burley Cargo trailer which is cheaper. In some of the review people talk about water getting into the trailer and one thought was if you used the Cargo version you could get two larger Dry Bags that would fit into the Cargo and would keep everything dry or drier. Love to heard thoughts from those who have had experience using trailers and any thoughts about the Nomad vs the Cargo trailer. Our current thinking is to fly or drive a one-way rental into Seattle and start there riding south and connect with the west coast Adventure Cycling route in Oregon. We've been reading CGOB and other blogs and travel logs. thanks!