Practical guides

Practical Guides

Three pages for planning the drive, packing the car, and deciding whether two stops belong in the same day. The destination pages hold the history.

• Drive times and distances

  Rounded planning figures from Las Vegas, with the kind of road each trip uses.

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• Desert day-trip tips

  Water, fuel, heat, old mines, and what to tell someone before you leave.

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• Sample itineraries

  Half-day, full-day, and overnight shapes. Combine stops only where the miles allow it.

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