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A few suggestions for your trip
Hello,
You said you like big cities, since you plan on driving from Florida and you will be in the south I suggest you Nashville and Memphis if you can. Nashville is the country music capital of the US and Memphis is the home of the Blues. Beal Street is great, lots of good blues bars. You can also visit Graceland and see where Elvis "The King of Rock and Roll" lived. It's worth the trip. If you want to see the real America get on old Route 66, the "Mother Road". It's the old interstate highway. It runs from Chicago to LA. You will be glad you did. All you have to do is google Route 66 and you will get all sorts of information. Route 66 goes through lots of old towns and you will see cool things most people outside the US never get to see. If you want to save some money and see the parks you can always camp out. You can buy a couple of sleeping bags, a cheap tent and other camping gear at any Wal-Mart. Every state in the US has parks you can camp in. A lot of them have showers and great facilities. You can even reserve campsite on line in some parks. I'm one of those people who packs the tent, loads up the motorcycle and hits the highway every summer. I Hope this helps! 
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14 Mar 2016
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3 1/2 weeks not enough? no, but take a couple of years and you would still miss some. I have traveled with a time limit and had a great time, saw a lot of stuff and missed a lot. Bought a bus in Florida and drove to to Washington, took me 4 1/2 days. So that gives you almost three weeks to see stuff. Get off the freeways and see the real country.
To save money camp a lot or stay in motels away from the big cities, can often find a motel for $40. Food is cheap in US as well as fuel is a lot less than Europe, (right now at $2.00 gallon and you should get 35 mph). The big cities is where your funds will go fast.
Have fun, see as much as you have time for, and come back when you have a few months to travel.
Bob
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