And what if...Considering you will be riding short days, what about going to Chicago and following the mythical Route 66 from its first marker down to the pier in the Pacific. There are many websites with details info. Sometimes, you will be riding highways because the Route has disapeared, and sometimes you will be back in 1930s America... I have done it 25 years ago, the another time, and many things have changed. Including the demolition of the world famous Club Café in Santa Rosa, New Mexico... But I still have the tshirt ;-)