Too soon to start talking about MATS?

I thought of driving to Arizona and joining the cruise from there, but that would ad several hours to my drive

Several hours extra may be worth it for you. We have a large group of Mopars that meet on Thursday morning for breakfast & then cruise together to Vegas. A scheduled stop at the Dodge dealer in Kingman, AZ clears its lot for us to show our cars & then serves lunch. It's a great group of people :D