Well, I live in Stockton, CA, and I've never been out of Cali, I wanted to take myself and my mother on a "MidWest Adventure" seeing the major spots of the midwest for some great photo ops. I'd like to go east passing through part of Death Valley, then passing along the southern border of area 51 and into Utah, then maybe from there go down into the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Vegas, up to Reno, then through Donner pass down back to Stockton. This is a very rough idea, does anybody have any suggestions of some scenic places/routes around the areas I'm going? Thanks for the help.