Awesome. You live near a ton of fascinating places if you're interested in geology. What interests me most out there right now is where the Colorado Plateau meets a fundamentally different kind of country that stretches out all over Nevada. I've taken three trips recently through these parts, but I haven't yet been out through Dammeron Valley, up the 18, and then west into Nevada. Going to do that on my next trip.
I've been studying the geology of the Basin & Range since I left academia. Totally rad stuff.