Trip Planner

I've searched everywhere for a tutorial on how to create a trip and haven't found anything worthwhile. I'm trying to plan out a round trip from Dallas to Moab Utah with stops along the way. I'm pretty decent with computers & software but I must say.... I'm lost with the trip planner feature. Can anyone point me to a good tutorial link that might help?

On another note, basecamp crashes every time I try to delete a trip. I have to delete each day of the trip individually. It's getting a little annoying since I have had to delete dozens of trips that didn't work out in the software. :(