I'm considering what to do next on my bucket list after a successful run to the top of Norway.
I'd like to go across North America on a coast to coast run, preferably on my own Triumph Explorer (I like it).

I'm aware there is better riding available by not going coast to coast, but it's what I'd like to do.

I'm currently looking at options for the route, I'd have around 2-3 weeks.

I work in the oil industry so things are not brilliant right now for work, I'd like to do this trip in 2017 but it may have to wait depending on how things pan out.

So, I have two routes in mind.
I don't really want to do the route 66 thing, I'm a fair skinned scottish person that catches fire in the sun so deserts are not my friends.

I'm thinking option 1 - Ship the bike to New York then ride to Detroit and up onto route 2.
Roughly follow that to Seattle and ship the bike home.

Option 2 - Ship the bike to Montreal, then use the trans Canada to get to Vancouver.

Both routes would allow me to take more interesting roads as much as possible, and both go through some spectacular scenery.

I take a lot of photographs and have a website (Leportphotographic.co.uk) so the scenery is a big part of what I like.

I'm not sure if camping would be a good idea on either route as hotels seem to be reasonably cheap and easy to get, I'm also scared of bears!

Any thoughts about the route or better ideas that sill allow me to see both oceans would be good.