Cross country ride planning...
I am planning on riding my SV650 solo cross-country in July. The plan is to ship the bike to Vermont, then ride around New England, possibly cross over into Canada (Montreal/Newfoundland) and back, ride some of the mid-Atlantic states, go as far south as the heat permits (which probably won't be too far), then head back out west - the exact route from here on really depends on the weather (heat/storms/hurricanes), time I have left and my energy level at that point. My ideal route would be to go back to Washington via Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.

I have about 3-4 weeks to do this in although I am leaning towards 3 weeks. I will try to camp as much as I can. I have acquired a GPS (Garmin Zumo) that I'm learning to use. I am also riding with soft luggage. I don't yet know how much of my ride will focus on just riding as opposed to hanging out in cities and checking out local attractions. I've done long rides before so that isn't entirely new to me, but I've never ridden for this long alone, so that will be a bit of a novelty. I don't like riding marathon days and the longest I am willing to ride in a day is 400 miles. My favorite kind of riding is lazy winding rural roads with no traffic (big surprise!), riding by the water and hanging out in cool little artistic towns/cities.

I've been researching this on my own, of course, but I'd welcome any input from locals on must-ride roads (GPS routes are a bonus), must-see things, general advice for a west coaster etc. (I've already learned quite a bit about the humidity/rain storms etc. on my post from last week). I also welcome input from those who have done this before.

I'm not entirely sure what it is that I am looking for on this journey, except for a vague idea that I want to see America and especially to see aspects of it that I haven't yet experienced out on the west coast.

Thanks in advance!