So, I'd like to ride my bicycle all the way from Athens, GA to Seattle, Washington and back stopping along the way at numerous coffee-minded locales.

Ideally, I'd find work at some of these places for several days to a week.

While there, my hosts and I would exchange bits of our respective wisdom and know how. The goal is to tear down barriers that have been created by geography or overly-capitalist drives and to bring the focus at our businesses back to relationships in our coffee community.

Essentially, I'm looking to expand my mind, exhaust my body, and encourage a continent-wide, face-to-face, free exchange of ideas with baristas, shops, roasters and all sorts.

Is there anyone out there who might have a spot behind their bar or roaster for me while I make my journey across this great continent?