Originally Posted by Russ Roth

This is what I'll need to know. Wife and I want to do from Pittsburg to DC and bring the kids along. It limits us to 40-60 mile days, usually weather dependent, the kids don't handle the heat as well when riding. might end up riding the trail in Missouri instead if we end up heading west to the my FIL. But the Gap is high on the wife's list so I suspect that's the direction we're heading. With all three kids now on cross bikes we might do a little better.