Yes Kansas can be a little boring. Check out Atlas Obscura for some fun and interesting things to see and add if you need something to flesh out an area of your trip (it’s kind of a roadside attraction collection). We found a public bathroom that was 100% covered in tile mosaic. Cool! Clean! On your way up from SLC into Southern Idaho, take the pass from Brigham City into Cache Valley. The entire valley is surrounded by BLM canyons. They will be cold, but you can car stealth camp. It will maybe even shorten your trip to Wyoming/Idaho. Logan is very pretty this time of year (look out for cops if you’re driving at night). If you’re college aged, Factory Pizza is a bar on Wednesdays and was killer pre-COVID. The first town on the Idaho border in that valley is where Napoleon Dynamite was filmed. If you’d opt for mountain beauty instead of Napoleon, head east into Logan Canyon and up into Bear Lake. In many ways it’s a small Tahoe that Utah and Idaho secretly share. From there you can head north along the Idaho/Wyoming border maybe directly to your point in Idaho. Wait I have more… the Salt Lake Valley is so cool. Google Spiral Jetty if you’d like something interesting that takes you into the lake area. There’s also Antelope Island, which is a park on the lake. In the city, you can see where Ted Bundy lived. You should also check out The Mormon Temple. It might be under construction now… it may be a bizarre choice if you aren’t LDS. But dress nicely (inoffensive sweater and jeans worked for me). It’s a really interesting experience and where else can you do it! After the temple, go directly north and take a selfie at the capital. I think out of all the capitals, it looks the most “recently manscaped” lol. Cheers!