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Actually I've always wanted to ride the full length of the Pacific Coast Highway, I've done most of the contiguous US stretch and it's great fun. I've been told that distance driving in Canada is pretty tough, samething happens here if you hit the Routes instead of the Interstate. It can be cool though. Probably the worst thing I had happen when running the small route cross country drive was winding up in the middle of nowhere Texas (that might actually have been the name of the town) at 4 am in desperate need of gas with not a single business open... not even a motel. Crashed in the car for a couple hours got gas and beef jerky (damn good beef jerky I might add, of course this town and 10 miles around it reaked of cow crap, it was beef country) and drove on. When you stick to the interstates you're in 24 hour land, you can always find gas.

I've driven coast-to-coast (or at least east coast to Rocky Mountains) about a dozen times in the last seven years. I usually run westbound in Canada and eastbound along I-94 or I-90 in the U.S. The U.S. doesn't come close to Canada as far as the scenery is concerned, but the interstates are definitely FAST. Did Spokane to Chicago in two days driving by myself, and then on to New York in one more day. New York to Calgary via the Trans-Canada is a minimum of five days, depending on conditions along that treacherous stretch of road north of Lake Superior.