What is the safest way to Novac in Fallout New Vegas?

just follow the road SOUTH.north there are deathclaws. in Primm which is south there is a robot named EDE in the nash residence who u can fix and take with u to novac. u can have EDE and boone at the same time. then once ur at novac go to the 188 trading post and veronica will be there. she punches really hard so its like one hit kill. but when ur talking to her say tht u like the brotherhood of steel or else she cant be your companion. TO RECAP: from goodsprings follow the road south, the go left/east at the road rite before the mojave outpost. there will be like 3 giant ants rite when u turn down the road, then turn north/left/up on the other side of the map. keep going till u see the giant dinosaur, go in it, (its the dino bite gift shop) then go up the stairs and u will be in the dinosaur head with boone. also in the first room of the dino thing, lockpick the cabernet and u can find of the shelf THAT GUN, thts wat its called, its not very good but its ok. it just reloads cool. USE UR PIPBOY MAP TO FOLLOW THE CRAPPY BRICK ROAD!!!