View from UT24 - You can see the Henry Mountainsin the distance to the left.  

I first travelled this road on the way to California in 1965.  I blew one of my retreads along this stretch and had to get a new tire in Hanksville for $55 (which is equivalent to $415 today)

Another one of my memories from 1965 along this stretch is of a Corvair (air cooled) on a very very hot day sitting along the road with it's hood (in the rear) up cooling down. My dad had a Corvair while I was in college.