SMA PLT CHANGES FLT PLAN ENRTE AND ENTERS RESTR AREA WITHOUT CLRNC.

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JUN/XX/96 VFR FLT -- NAPA; CA; TO ELKO; NV; TO CHEYENNE; WY. I HAD ORIGINALLY FLT PLANNED AN IFR FLT FROM NAPA; CA; TO CHEYENNE; WY. WHEN I CALLED FSS TO CHK ON THE WX THEY RPTED CLR SKIES ALL THE WAY. THE FIRST LEG OF THE TRIP WAS FROM NAPA TO ELKO; NV; AND WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS STILL BEAUTIFUL WHEN I TOOK OFF FROM ELKO SO I THOUGHT MAYBE I WOULD GO DIRECT TO CHEYENNE RATHER THAN CONTINUE ON V6. I GLANCED AT THE WAC CHART; NOTICED THE LUCIN MOA THAT I WAS GOING TO PASS THROUGH AND THEN MY ATTN WAS DRAWN TO THE SLC CLASS B AIRSPACE. I WAS AT 13500 FT SO WOULD BE ABOVE IT; THEN THOUGHT I SHOULD PROBABLY CALL THEM ANYWAY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT I WANTED TO OVERFLY THEIR AIRSPACE. I LOOKED AT THE WAC CHART FOR AN APCH FREQ BUT COULDN'T FIND ONE. I BECAME ABSORBED IN FINDING A FREQ FOR CONTACTING SLC APCH AND SINCE MY WAC CHART DIDN'T HAVE IT; I PUT IT ASIDE. I CONTACTED SLC APCH AND RECEIVED FLT FOLLOWING WHILE ABOVE THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. ONCE PAST CLASS B THE CTLR SUGGESTED GOING AROUND ON THE WAY BACK SINCE IT WAS A BUSY PLACE. I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD (AND DID GO AROUND IT ON THE WAY BACK). I THOUGHT I HAD HANDLED EVERYTHING WELL UNTIL I GOT A CALL FROM THE FAA ASKING IF MY AIRPLANE WAS NEAR SLC ON JUN/XX/96 -- I WAS STUNNED. I GOT OUT MY WAC CHART AND THERE IT WAS -- R6404A. I HADN'T DIFFERENTIATED BTWN THE LUCIN MOA AND THE RESTR AIRSPACE. WHAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE PROB? NOW WITH A FEW HRS TO DO NOTHING BUT THINK ABOUT IT; I REALIZE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY WHY THE ADAGE; 'PLAN YOUR FLT AND FLY YOUR PLAN.' THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED IT. ADDITIONALLY; IF I SECURED FLT FOLLOWING THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT. MOREOVER; THE NEXT TIME I PLAN A FLT I WILL NOT ONLY USE A MARKER TO OUTLINE MY FLT; I'LL ALSO USE ANOTHER COLOR TO DRAW ATTN TO ANY RESTR OR SUA SO THAT IT STANDS OUT AT A GLANCE. BEYOND THAT; I WOULD TREAT THE DECISION TO GO DIRECT AS A REVISION TO MY FLT PLAN AND LINE IT OUT ON THE CHART. OBVIOUSLY A QUICK GLANCE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT. I WILL ALSO ACTIVATE THE AIRSPACE ALERT ON MY GPS WHEN FLYING THROUGH UNFAMILIAR AIRSPACE. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT I GOT ABSORBED IN THE ACTIVITY OF CONTACTING SLC APCH BEFORE I PROPERLY REVIEWED THE IMPACT OF MY FLT PLAN CHANGE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I KNOW HOW TO AVOID A REPETITION. I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE IDEA OF MARKING NEARBY RESTR AREAS ON MY CHART.