I am game for something like this. So is the gf and the chihuahua.
Tentatively, we're supposed to be going to Colorado Springs in March. Hadn't thought about driving, but could incorporate taking the VX depending on how this gets planned out.
I would *like* to get to Moab next year too, but I haven't even begun to seriously plan on that.
Two trips, THAT far away, that close together would be rough.

It's just just hard to plan right now.
I might not even be in San Diego come that time next year.
But, I am interested.