Every time we crested a big hill, we'd pick the furthest thing away that we could see, then find out how long it took us to drive to it. I guess we're easily amused.
Oh, hey.... your directions probably have you staying on I-70 all the way to exit 182 in Utah (US191 South to Moab).
Don't do that. Get off at Cisco, exit 214. Make a left at the bottom of the exit ramp, then a right when it dead ends on the other side of the I-70 overpasses. It will be a one lane paved road. Go about eight miles west/southwest, then left (south) on 128. That'll take you into Moab, but runs you alongside the Colorado River for a bit, then alongside Arches. We've never been that way, but wish we had. Supposed to be a lot more scenic.