A couple of weeks ago I went for a Sunday drive.
(Remember those, Sunday drives? When I was a kid Dad made us turn the TV off on Sunday afternoons and made us pack into the car and he'd take us for a drive somewhere.)
Anyway, I headed to Spanish Fork. I wanted to see what this monument/plaque said in the Spanish Fork City park, I had seen it from a distance many times but wanted to get a closer look.
Turns out it was commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Dominguez Escalante Expedition from 1776.
The monument could use a good cleaning and restoration, the top of the monument is starting to fall apart and it almost looks like it could break apart at any moment.
But I took some time and read what the plaque said. I found it interesting that whomever wrote it speculates that if the Spanish had returned to settle the area that Provo may look similar to Santa Fe New Mexico and that the Mormon pioneers may never have settled in the Salt Lake Valley.
Not sure if they are lamenting the fact that the Spanish did not return or just making an observation.
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