I've done plenty of Crazyguyonabike "research" for the last few years waiting for this trip, and I expect some headwinds heading E-W. Still, something about being an American seems to include being drawn westward.
It's been a while since I've posted in this thread, but my plan currently involved Amtrakking it to Bangor, Maine, heading south and hooking up with the Atlantic Coast ACA route, heading south from there to VA. I think I'm bypassing Pennsylvania, or at least insofar as the ACA route will take me through it.
Leaving third week of April, 2014. Gear and money are slowly coming together, it's starting to feel real......