Still slowly planning this out. Probably targeting mid to late September for the departure, with 2 months on the road. Mark, I'll probably take you up on your offer, as long as I can find my passport. I figure heading mostly north at the start of the trip should keep me in decent weather, then head more south towards the later part of the trip as it cools down.

Reddit has been a handy resource for tips about this style of trip, with a few people recently reporting back after similar adventures. Cost wise, it's probably going to come in cheaper then I thought so 2 months is definitely viable.

One of these weekends I'm going to get a map up with the points of interest marked out, and can add more as suggestions come in.