Supposed to be at the base of the hills -- "West Hills Station" on June 1, only 9 days away! That's 15 sols ahead of the original schedule, for a total of about 50 sols to cover the 1.5 miles from Boneville.

I agree about going up to a hilltop, that sure would be cool regardless of the scientific value. Even from Lookout Point I'll be eager to see the panoramas.

I would *really* love to see them take a good sunrise or sunset pan from up there. I'm not sure of the geometry but I'd think there would be some brief periods when the upper Gusev walls are sunlight but the crater floor is already/still dark. There might not be time to catch much of an image, though, given the fairly narrow field of view and the need to take several exposures at each position for color. Twilight effects will be pretty short-lived in that thin an atmosphere.