He might look like a homeless man, and you'd be right, but he's not without riches of a certain definition, or a reason to get up in the morning.

Monday morning, a bicyclist approached Sidney with several water bottles, and a supply cart in tow with nearly anything a cyclist might need on a multi-state ride. Harold Palmquist and his dog Daisy on on a cross-country quest, an effort to promote a nonprofit program called Veterans and Their Pets, and to bring awareness of veterans' needs.

The trip has taken them from the Atlantic coast to Nebraska with a goal of Seattle, Wash.

"If I want to...