Road-trip to Las Vegas

We had an amazing adventure getting to Las Vegas through California and Nevada on the car through Yosemite National park and a number of deserted highways with the temperatures drifting between 31F and 80F, and landscapes changing from platos and lakes to amazing mountains and windy roads. While on Hwy 120 (upon entering Yosemite National from the West) I experienced a view that was probably the most breathtaking in my life - a long windy road that went all the way up to the mountains (with elevation around 9,000 feet) and provided an amazing view of everything else below.