It's great that people are still flying basic aircraft long distances without controlled routing and endless chatter on the radio. To me that's what flying is about. I'd love to some see some photos or a write-up. I'd imagine there were some interesting stops and scenery.
Somewhere out on the net there a pre-WWII article by a journalist who picked up a new 65 HP Luscombe in New Jersey and flew it to Texas in a couple of days. That must've seemed like space travel at that time, and you can still do it in exactly the same way today, in the same type of plane, at maybe 82 kits cruise, a little faster than the newer plane.