Yup been looking at that since there were many lessons learned from the trip.
1) Travel with a group. Since I was with a group they were able to help strap me to the trailhead where I could get AAA to pick me up.
2) Have AAA Premium service. It's only $120/yr but with it they were able to tow me from the middle of DV to Bakersfield. Without it, the bill would have been over $1600 @ $8/mile.
3) Have good friends. Luckily Mike Ryan (aka grasscat) is retired and was willing to drive the 200 miles from the bay area to Bakersfield in order to rescue his "adopted son". <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cyclops.gif" alt="" /> He was also willing to loan me his Montero until I fixed my Montero.
4) Make sure you can take extra time off from work whenever you take these trips as it may require an extra day or two to fully recover.

I didn't arrive home until 7:30am the following morning and I was really in no shape to go to work after towing my rig through the night to get home as quickly as possible so that my buddy who was with me could catch his flight back to NV.

I ended up putting him on a commuter train to get back to San Jose where he could catch a taxi to the airport. Luckily his flight wasn't until 1:00pm so he had plenty of time.