Hello and a question!
I (very happily) have the family and career constraints too. Tend to do a european trip or two each year (this year's was UK to Romania and back). I loved it and it felt like a great adventure. My tip would be don't worry too much what someone else is doing, just make it fun for you.
On the speed/distance thing we covered a lot of distance. My approach is to split days into 4 'shifts' of 90 mins. I can ride all 4 and still have a few stops, or i can ride less if there is something i want to see in more detail. You might only scratch the surface but its fun (to me) and there's no one right way to do it.
I've booked a 3 month sabbatical, plus 2 weeks holiday in 2016 to ride Cape Town to Cairo. I am planning to ride at a slower (for me) pace - trying to stick to 2/3 shifts per day max and riding max 5 days on min 2 days off each week. I'm not going to see everything in 100 days but i'm planning to enjoy what i do see.
Enjoy the US - i've done 4 US road trips (3 car, 1 bike) and absolutely loved them all.
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