| Date | Depart | Arrive | What | Miles | Time |
| Saturday, December 24, 2011 | 7:05 | 8:15 | Flight to LAS | ||
| 8:15 | 9:15 | Rental Car | 1:00 | ||
| Hoover Dam | |||||
| Vegas at Night | |||||
| Midnight Mass at Guardian Angel Cathedral (3 blocks away) | |||||
| Rivera | |||||
| Sunday, December 25, 2011 | 9:00 | 10:30 | Drive to Pahrump | 60 | 1:30 |
| Christmas with the Wards | |||||
| Drive to Vegas | 60 | 1:30 | |||
| Rivera | |||||
| Monday, December 26, 2011 | 9:00 | 2:00 | Drive to Whittier not via Death Valley | 261 | 5:00 |
| Days Inn Whitter | |||||
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 | Tour LA | 330 | 5:30 | ||
| Days Inn Whitter | |||||
| Wednesday, December 28, 2011 | 12:00 | 2:00 | Drive to 15500 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027 | 95 | 2:00 |
| 2:00 | 6:00 | The Safari Park (Wild Animal Park) | 4:00 | ||
| 6:00 | 6:45 | Drive to Hilton San Diego Bayfront | 36 | 0:45 | |
| Hilton San Diego Bayfront | |||||
| Thursday, December 29, 2011 | 7:00 | 1:00 | Tijuana Mexico Day Trip from San Diego | 6:00 | |
| 1:00 | 1:30 | Drive to Cabrillo National Monument | 10 | 0:30 | |
| 1:30 | 2:00 | Cabrillo National Monument | 0:30 | ||
| 2:00 | 2:30 | Drive to harbor cruise (1050 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101) | 10 | 0:30 | |
| 3:00 | 5:15 | 2 hr. Harbor Cruise | |||
| 5:15 | Seaport Village Shopping and Dinner | ||||
| Hilton San Diego Bayfront | |||||
| Friday, December 30, 2011 | 9:00 | 4:30 | Drive to Vegas via Joshua Tree National Park | 375 | 7:30 |
| Rivera | |||||
| Saturday, December 31, 2011 | 9:10 | 2:16 | Flight to MSP |