Plan A-
Party in SFO - Cool -
Rally top down to LA? Along the coast = cool.
LA to PHX in August? Top up thru the desert sun - Not cool at all.
PHX to VEGAS in August - Top Up + AC = Totally too hot.
VEGAS-SLC - IN AUGUST?? Top Up + MAX AC = beyond hot.

Plan B-
Party in SFO - Still cool.
Coast Hwy to Eureka via Mendocino top down - cool and interesting local agriculture too.
Eureka to Ashland OR for some theater across hwy 96 (twisty forest roads) - tres cool.

You folks have fun in the desert and send lots of pictures.

 

That's pretty much what my husband said when I mentioned doing part of the run. We're now only doing a rally from the dealer up to the LA MTTS start site.