Update!

This is an interesting development. I don't actually think I will be able to ride my bike the entire way from Golden Valley, AZ, to Maple Valley, WA.

However, I did take a look. If I book the tickets early enough a trip on the train from Kingman, Arizona to Seattle, Washington will cost $376. This is much less than I would ever have expected a train trip like that to cost.

But there are still some other expenses. I am unsure of whether or not I would want to bring a computer, so I may still need one of those portable media CD burners, or an iPod and the photo transfer kit, because I still expect to take A LOT of photos. I think an iPod or other similar photo storage mechanism would be less expensive, because I don't currently posess a working laptop computer, and batteries for a portable computer are not exactly as common and cheap as AAs.

However, I have a plan... stay tuned!