You're going to burn alot of days if you plan on taking the train to the other side of the US. Anywho, good stuff, i think its good for everyone to work in a studio atleast once in their career, its a different environment and even if you end up hating it, you atleast become aware of how other people approach the animation profession
SamGreen
Keep it up brother.
coughing-dog
Cheers dude