Just near Moab Utah, we stopped at Arches on the Thanksgiving Train Amtrak nightmare to San Francisco.
We had driven from Sedona, AZ to catch the train in Green River, Utah, so we stopped at arches along the way.
The train, as scheduled, wasn't going to arrive at 5 PM, instead at 3 AM, so being that there was extra time we back-tracked to Grand Junction, Colorado to eat and hang out.
the Train arrived around 1 AM, so all the best scenery views we now in the dark, the second day on the train, they were out of food, except "beef stew"... slow no glamour meal and only 1 meal... then instead of getting into oakland at 5 pm, it was 5 am... with a bus to sf.
The trip back was much better and with the car in Grand Junction, drove back through some incredible colorado mountains.