The expedition will take nine weeks, taking Adam through the deserts of Utah and Nevada, over the Rockies, and across the Great Plains.整个探险将花九周时间，期间亚当将穿越犹他、内华达两州的沙漠，翻越落基山脉并穿越大平原。Both states set up commissions to examine their public schools.两州都成立了委员会对本州的公立学校进行审查。