The Road Trip Dilemma

We first encountered The Road Trip Dilemma whilst traveling through Zion National Park. There is this terribly scenic road that winds up the mountains and through a tunnel, and every bend is breathtaking. I think we only stopped twice, because shoot it was past 4 pm and we had to drive and find our campsite for the night! Actually, that’s a lie. We definitely stopped 5 times. 

One issue is when you’ve stopped to take a picture of one cool thing, you keep driving and then shortly find another spectacular view and think, ‘Aww, this one is better.” So you feel like you have to stop again even though it’s really only mildly different. But still, different. And like, when else will you be driving in Utah?

Another issue is that sometimes the driver just needs to look at the yellow line and not anything else, but then she needs to enjoy the views too! So you gotta stop and take a picture! Schedule? What schedule?
Luckily, we have a flexible road trip schedule with only a couple places with actual time obligations. Plenty of time to pull off and admire some rocks. Or decide spur of the moment to ditch Arches and try for a Phoenix/ Durango/ Denver route instead. If I type it here, does it mean we have to stick to the plan?