New England to ? Everywhere HELP?!?

[brwneyedgrl]

Greetings!
Im brand new to this, and very interested in using this as a resource to plan the road trip my sister and I are planning for late this spring/fall. We plan to be on the road for a month, venturing from east to west coast and hitting some hidden gems on the way. we have been searching online, but i feel this would help us to branch out and plan our trip even more.

Were going from Vermont to the California coast and down through the south, arizona, new orleans, then shooting back up to good ol' vt.

o yeah and we were wondering if anyone had any hostel experiences/advice to share... as most young road trippers, or any road trippers really, we're on a tight budget and so camping, staying with friends, and hostels are what we plan on for overnights.
and... does anyone know if there are options for wireless internet cards that you can buy for just a month or so... is this possible? expensive i imagine?