This is not one of my best posts (its rather restricting to blog on a phone) but I couldn't resist mentioning this video posted by jpl recently that gives us a good outline about where the rover is heading to in order to get to Ares Mons aka Mount Sharp. There is a lot of interesting terrain ahead so I think we can expect a lot from this long road trip. As mentioned in the video, Curiosity will reach the base of the mountain somewhere in he middle of next year. So get comfortable, this is going to be a long haul.