2009.09.05 - Drive from Boulder Creek, CA to Las Vegas, NV with possible stops in Calico, CA (a ghost town) and Zzyzx, CA (a former native american site)
2009.09.06 - Drive from Las Vegas to Boulder City, NV for breakfast, and then on to Searchlight, NV and Cottonwood Cove, NV to explore. Return to Las Vegas.
2009.09.07 - Drive from Las Vegas to Pahrump, NV and on to Rhyolite, NV to explore. Return to Las Vegas.
2009.09.08 - Drive from Las Vegas to Bryce Canyon National Park, UT to hike in the canyonlands. Stay at a hotel in Bryce Canyon.
2009.09.09 - Drive from Bryce Canyon, UT to Cedar Breaks National Monument, UT for more hiking. Explore Mesquite, NV. Return to Las Vegas.
2009.09.10 - Drive from las Vegas to Hoover Dam. Take a damn and/or powerplant tour. Drive through Boulder City to enjoy a local brewery. Return to Las Vegas.
2009.09.11 - Spend the day in Las Vegas (plant a letterbox)....
2009.09.12 - Drive from Las Vegas to Death Valley National Park, CA and Manzanar National Historical Monument, CA, and stop in Bishop, CA for the night.
2009.09.13 - Drive from Bishop, CA to the Owens River Gorge, Obsidian Dome, other volcanic craters in the Inyo/Mono area, and visit some Mono Lake tufas before driving back to Boulder Creek, CA by way of Yosemite National Park, CA