Originally Posted by staehpj1

I did the Southern Tier this winter and took 33 days to go from San Diego to Sarasota, so at that pace I probably could have gotten to St Augustine in under 40 days. I am only moderately fit and am 60 years old, so the I don't think going with the ACA necessarily saves you a lot of time. I got rooms quite frequently on that trip and still spent less than half of the sagged tour cost. I did camp for free a lot of the time though.