neilfein:

I'll keep an eye on that web page for an update on the dates (it is showing 2011 now). The trip was going to be anti-clockwise - getting to NYC first and doing the GAP Trail last so that we could ride "downhill" (west to east) on the GAP, but it seems as though Amtrak doesn't run from Syracuse to Pittsburg without a long layover in Cleveland. Going clockwise makes that connection much better so that would put us in NYC later in the trip.