Originally Posted by jrobe

I have a Sprinter Van RV that I use to travel around the country with my bikes so I am used to long road trips. Just glancing at your destinations and doing the math in my head, you are looking at driving 6000 miles minimum and it could easily end up being closer to 7000 miles in 2 weeks. That is approaching an average of 500 miles per day with quite a few 800 mile days just to make time for cycling. By the time you factor in stops for gas, food, bathrooms, etc., that will be something approaching 120 hours of driving in 2 weeks (or the equivalent of three 40 hour work weeks sitting in a car). I have also counted the number of semi trucks on the highways on occasion as I drive my van across the country. I bet you would pass at least 500,000 semi trucks on the freeways on a cross country trip of that length. The truck traffic these days drives me crazy. That trip sounds more like punishment than a fun vacation with just a handful of fun bike rides.

Honestly, I think your driving time to cycling time ratio is way out of whack for a fun vacation. You would have more fun flying out west to flip that ratio dramatically.