Originally Posted by
pdlamb
Depends on when you can get away. Most people on the TransAm (starting in Yorktown, VA instead of Mt. Vernon, about 100 miles south) leave around mid-April to the end of May. That gives you some confidence it won't be terribly cold in the east, and at least a chance to get across the plains before summer heat kicks in.
If LongHaulTrucker means Washington DC I agree. If they mean Mt Vernon, WA that is a different matter. It sounds like they mean to start in Washington State.