Coast to Coast

My dad is one of those crazy bikers who has biked coast to coast, not once, but twice.  The guy who had my bike before me biked coast to coast when he was 82.  So one of my ideas, dreams really, is to bike coast to coast as a family.  It is on my bucket list.  We have taken a 60 mile bike trip, and my oldest goes with my dad regularly on long bike rides.  I know that this will not happen in the next few years, but there is a chance.  My dad goes with a group called Wondering Wheels.  They are based out of Upland, Indiana.  They also have a family oriented ride this summer on July 21-22 if you are interested.  When I say coast to coast, I mean in the United States, but coast to coast in Puerto Rico would be quite different, as would coast to coast from St. Petersburg to the Pacific Ocean in Russia.  Coast to coast sub-saharan africa would seem tough, because I have been on some of those roads, but through the Sahara Desert - wow.
That makes me also think of my ironman idea.  It is called earth ironman.  You start by swimming from Manhattan to Africa.  You bike across Africa and Asia, and have a small transition swim across the Bering Strait (you want want to wait until the water is frozen and walk across - or ask Lynne Cox how she did it) and then run from Alaska back to Manhattan.  That would be an earth ironman.