Rubicon Escape: Post EMP is about to be published

Two friends have to get off the Rubicon Trail after an EMP strikes America. Can they get off the trail and then start building a cadre of people at the ranch to survive? Would you be able to do it? Do you think they can, along with their wives and TJ's dog Ruffus? Who should they work to find to bring to the ranch to help with all the tasks that will need to be accomplished to survive?