re: Has anyone traveled Scenic Hwy 12 in Utah?

We did the Utah 5 including Hwy 12 in 2021 on a two week trip from Las Vegas to Denver.

What about lodging?
We mostly stayed in Hampton Inn type hotels but at Torrey we stayed at The Lodge at Red River Ranch. A family owned place with about a dozen rooms I guess. They serve breakfast. It is about 4 miles west of Torrey. It was a nice change of pace from the typical hotel rooms.
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In Bryce Canyon we stayed at the Best Western which was fine and they had a better than average breakfast for that type of hotel. 

Any suggestions?
We stopped in Boulder, UT at the Anasazi State Park Museum; it's not very big but worth a look.
About 11 miles east of Boulder, UT down Burr Trail Road is a slot canyon the Ranger at the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center, in Escalante, told us about. There is no sign so you have to be looking for it.
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We passed on the Petrified Forest State Park because it had a fee and we were told it was over a mile hike to see the trees.

We drove to Kodachrome Basin State Park. We got off Hwy 12 at Cannonville and it's about 8 miles to the visitor center. A friend had camped there and recommended we drive through it. Just some unusual rock formations.

Between Bryce Canyon NP and the intersection of Hwy 12 and Hwy 89 is Red Canyon Visitor Center for Dixie National Forest. It's right next to Hwy 12 but you can get good information and there is a fairly short hiking trail, IIRC.

Between Boulder and Torrey the elevation increases to about 9,600 feet and there are pine forest. That has a different look than the other part of the highway. They also have open range.
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