Those pics I posted are the Cimarron Canyon in NM on the way to Red River.
Miss M, to head to Reno, we'll want to meet out of TX somewhere I'm thinking.

edit- Isn't Dallas too far South? It's East for me anyway. I can't find a good map to see it all.
edit/edit- Where's Reno from Las Vegas? Dallas is way too South. Maybe meet up in Denver or thereabouts? That looks like a straighter shot.