Thanks all. Lucky enough to sample the SoCal weather in September last year, just hoping for more of the same in the next few weeks.
Good point about the mixture. We`ll be flying into some high elevation stuff, Reno, Grand Canyon etc etc....so will need to do a bit of reading on that to.
Got a nice 172 with GPS to help plus will certainly make use of the very helpful flight following service that you can get out there!
Cant wait.