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Here's a little information regarding the drivers license. Since you would be driving from Atlanta, you will cross through several states, not just driving in Utah. It seems the IDP will be especially valuable when renting a car also. It says, just go to your drivers license office in the country you're from.
http://answers.usa.gov/system/selfservice/selfservice.controller?PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTRY=us&CONFIGURATION=1012&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=2815
I would seriously consider first routing from Atlanta to Denver. That's 1,400 miles, or two days. Once you get to Denver you are home free, in the catbird seat for fall colors. You can travel west toward Utah, stopping in Glenwood, up over McClure Pass, to Kebler Pass. Then over to Delta and Grand Junction, CO. Then you are only 100 miles from Moab, Utah. But, take highway 141 toward Gateway & Naturita, CO instead, then up Hwy 90 over to Utah and into the La Sal mountains.
In order of dangerous creatures in Utah, I say first, ordinarily nothing will bother you if you don't bother it. However, just use common sense. Facts are that the most common accidental deaths are falls off cliffs, then dehydration and heat stroke. Of course, every weird thing can happen in Utah, like getting stuck in quicksand, etc...
But the real creatures to watch out for are insects...
1) Bees & Wasps.
2) Black Widow spiders.
3) Scorpions.
Note that none of those will kill you, but may lead you to do something irrational! Like run off a cliff.
Rattlesnakes, in hindsight I've found them everywhere. On the road, hiding in ruins, on a trail in snow in a slot canyon during December. Southern Utah has the midget rattler, only about 1 1/2 ft long. Venom is more toxic than the average rattler however. Generally snakes are more active at night, and most common in April - June. You don't find rattlesnakes by looking however - suddenly they are just "there." And the rattle is not like the movies, it's a high pitched buzz. Often they don't even rattle though.
Black bears are pretty common in the La Sal mountains. Never heard of even a mauling up there however. They are so common, that they have a special unit hunting season going on right now up there for them. Still, I've only seen a handful of them.
Scariest critter to me is a bison with a baby when you are in the woods...
You won't find these unless you are totally lost in the Henry Mountains though. The bison would be the second most dangerous animal in the Henry Mountains, first being the mountain lion. But, again nothing ever happens there. You will never see either if you ended up over there. Weird though that there are no elk and no bears in the Henrys.
Passive photogenic creatures abound in southern Utah; deer, desert bighorn sheep, pronghorns, coyotes, eagles, hawks, wild turkeys...
So, circling back... I'd strongly suggest getting from Atlanta to Denver, then traveling at your leisure through Colorado to Utah....
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