Best scenery of the trip so far, Durango to Salt Lake City.  Once you get into Utah and past a few small towns, you get into canyon-land.  And you see things like the above.  Or this:

And unfortunately like this:

Despite the above, it’s a great drive, highly recommended.  The best views are between Monticello (near Canyonlands National Park) and Moab and then from Moab to I-70 (near Arches National Park.)  Once you get to I-70 things are interesting but not spectacular.  Towards Provo you do go though some cool canyons, but eventually you hit I-15 and suburbia. 

It was hot all day.  When we shopped for groceries in Moab the temperature was 103.  We had planned to walk to dinner, about 1.6 miles round trip, but it was still over 100 at 7pm and we drove.

Overall the views rival those in Montana.  We definitely want to get Durango for a longer visit sometime.  We’ll almost surely add a few days to repeat this drive, but with long(er)  stops at some of the parks along the way.