You could look at how meatbomb organised a similar undertaking on metafilter. He travelled across the US with his fiancée.
He said he had fun.

68?? Meatbomb came to visit me (up in Vermont) and we had a good time. I'm a little between housing situations myself but if you're up this way anyhow, please look me up and I can show you around of not put you up.

Oh, drat! SF is not on the way. But I'm/we're here.

Well, my tribe is in Minnesota.

minus tee!

BTW you called us last week right when we were in the middle of being comprehensively off the grid... and did not leave a phone# to return call (um, it doesn't show missed call #s when the phone's turned off/out of srvc, dude).

so, yea. I've been meaning to emails ya and even thought about you on the booze cruise tonight.

hope yer okay. you should drive by and check in before you leave, k?

Thanks everyone.

I'll hop back in later tomorrow and respond properly. Right now I need some rest.

TTFN bunnies.

Hey -t,

I'm always up for meetin' people. If you're swinging through San Antonio or Austin, we could probably convince a few Lone Star State mefites to muster.

We've also got a spare bed, but I'd have to clear that with MuddDude first.

It is an excellent idea, -t, do it.

I'm more or less here which probably doesn't fit your route, but you'd be welcome.

What is the best way to go about announcing "hey, this random guy want's to meet you, have a meal or drink, and wouldn't pass up a place to stay for a night if offered" without sounding nutty or worse.
See, y'already did it!

I'm in Little Rock, and I'd probably be willing to buy you dinner.

I'll be in Southern Ohio from 20-24 July.

I'm not as exciting as most of the metafamilia around here but you are welcome to visit if you make it as far east as Knoxvegas TN

I'm really an introvert, so this kind of thing is generally not in my nature. *Stares at his shoes*

The great thing about initiating mefi meetups is that you're not asking them to come over especially for you to be entertained by you but to come and hang out with eachother and to be entertained by eachother. So there's no reason to feel that you're introverted to do this. Go for it!

Whew. Okay, I'm still processing here, but I'm going to do this.

Thanks to all for the encouragement.

I'll start backwards.

meeshell, I'll certainly be near you. I'm going to be visiting/staying some with my uncle and aunt who live in Sevierville. I spent some time in Knoxville in the early 90s, but haven't really been back since.

essexjan, poster of teh bunnies extrodanare. I almost expect you to actually be a bunny of the furry variety if we meet. Where abouts in Ohio? Meeting up is actually on the cusp of feasibility there. Ahhh, a bunny from across the pond.

box, right now, I'm not sure I'l be down near you, but who knows...

Wolfdog, your really not out of the realm of possibility. Especially if I head through Ohio.

Oh Claudia_SF, I wish I was heading west. SF is just about my favorite city. Really.

I have to move this over to MeFi proper, but right now I'm way too tired and kind of drnka*. Meatbomb, I'll be sifting through your posts looking for guidance.

Oh, and jessamyn, I have some friends having a gathering up near you, but it's a bit earlier than my schedule may allow. If things change, I'll drop you an email. Thank you.

I'll work on the details and pursue this further when I have a clearer head. Again, thanks all.

Cheers bunnies!

*I am a bit drnka, so please forgive any grammatical errors. :p