Advice? Make sure you get some tubes and a frame pump. Walking 5 miles pushing a bike is no fun.

As for the bike, I know nothing about it, but it is probably pretty heavy, can't be upgraded, and may take more than the average amount of fiddling to keep it running smoothly. But, that is not to say that it won't do what you want. See Cyrus's post for how well that can actually work out.