I’d make that trip in a heartbeat. I’ve wanted to move to Montana since. Texas is home, but the mountains have always called my name.
I would love to fly out to SLC and rent a car and head up to Yellowstone and make a loop into the Dakotas to see Custer State Park and the buffalo, Mt Rushmore then head west to Washington and Oregon, then the only state I wouldn’t have visted is Hawaii.