I'll be flying in from out of state when I do Whitney. It seems my options are to fly into Vegas or LA and drive to Lone Pine. Is there any advantages picking one over the other? I was thinking Vegas because then I would get to drive through death valley and that seems like it would be a fun add on to the trip. But I'm also trying to consider things like length of the drive and ease of navigation.
Also, is there anything important I need to do to drive through death valley? I keep hearing stories about cars over heating when driving through and the last thing I want to do is get stuck out there.
