It's time for a sanity check, folks. There are so many things wrong with this picture. The inauguration is 63 days from today. Ryan has never toured before. He apparently doesn't have equipment at this time. No stated plans yet for the route or the logistics. Daylight will be short in December & January. The weather is LIKELY to be awful and even dangerous for cycling during a portion of this "adventure". It will certainly be unpleasant riding at times. You can't hug the coast to get from LA to DC. And if you try to stay as close as possible to the Mexican border, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Ocean, you're probably talking about a 4,000+ mile route. (the "southern tier" route is about 3,100 miles, and it ends in St. Augustine, Florida, which is about 750 miles south of DC on interstate highways) It will probably be a largely unscenic 4,000 miles in the winter. And even the Deep South can have some pretty nasty weather in January. Today, November 18, the weather from DC south to Raleigh, NC, has afternoon temperatures in the upper 30s with strong winds and occasional snow flurries.

Ryan, it's time to come up with a plan B for getting to DC by January 20, 2009.