Salt Lake City to Moab

Lovely kip at Super 8 motel. Feeling much more refreshed. Leaving big city - and four-lane highway out of it (trucks coming at you from either side) for little Moab, hub for exploring some of US's greatest national parks. Outdoor pursuits capital for many 20-somethings (mountain biking, rock climbing, extreme sports of all sorts). Wishing we were young again! Okay, no bungee jumps or white water rafting on Grade 4-5 rivers for us, but we take a look at the mighty Colorado River on 60-mile scenic drive - one of only a few where you can actually get so close to one of nature's rawest forces.
Turn inland to visit Arches NP - name does not disappoint. It boasts higherst number of natural stone arches - some 80 - in the world, all formed millions of years ago. Watch these wonders against a setting sun. (Nearly beats sunset over Loughor Estuary from Cefn Bryn, but not quite because that's a sight for sore eyes in its very own right).
Next up our favourite so far - Canyonlands NP where the Colorado (source Rockies) and Green (Wyoming) Rivers converge, cutting their ways through rocky canyons thousands of feet high. Realise how insignificant we are against this awesome landscape - 500 sq miles of wild country at an elevation of some 6,000 ft. We are standing on canyon edges looking down 1,000 ft to ledges where rivers snake 1,000ft further below again. Also make out (just) dirt track roads (4x4s take two days to travel 100 miles across them). Areas of Canyonlands known as Island in The Sky, The Needles and The Maze. These places only for the hardiest of adventurers.
After what happened to Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Saradon) - they drove off the edge of a cliff here called Dead Horse Point in classic 80s road movie - we decide to cut our losses and head back to safety of Moab and a beer or three in local tavern the Slickrock Cafe. Back from Canyonlands in one piece, unlike T and L!