Dead Horse Point, Negro Bill canyon hike. Castle Valley. La Sal mountains. White Rim trail. The "river road" 2 lane along the Colorado river is far more scenic than the shorter alternative if coming from the north.
We are blessed and cursed with a generationally short memory, particularly around war sacrifices and glories. The Korean 'conflict' was hellish. The Crusades, wars of conquest in Asia and Europe, Rome vs everyone, revolutions in China and Russia. . . the Greatest Generation is redefined...