I've only ridden to the corner store

As ambitious and exciting as my cross country trips have been, they pale in comparison to this guy, who lives in Great Britain and shipped his bike over to Miami and began exploring the US on Feb 1st. He's still going strong today, 5 months later! If you have the time check it out. Great tales to tell, and even better pictures (tons and tons of them & large too!) that go with it. He's been circling all over the place hitting most of the national parks in the country, doing the entire Pacific Coast Highway, and staying entirely on back roads (including frequent dirt road excursions).

I am humbled.