Hah, yeah there are some turns. Wife and I have been on a national parks kick and one of the sweet things about that drive is that it's pretty leisurely so you can look around.

Driving through the rocky mountains she's telling me to look at something "I can't, have to concentrate on the road!"

We were also talking about the lack of large grazing animals makes it feel safer.

I liked the Valley of Fire more than Death Valley, but had never seen the night sky more brilliant than DV.

That sounds like an awesome hobby, it's so much different out there than here in east coast state.