and he's blogging about it along the way...
the blog has gotten started already, but the bike is still stuck in transit from Denmark, and the shipping company has promised to deliver it a couple times already, and failed.
Very sharp and prepared for trouble, he shipped a 2nd bike to Colorado, which will be a back up in case of big problems, and maybe get used for a run up Pikes Peak
http://mz-across-usa.blogspot.com/