Show A Letter to Midge Dear Midge A long time ago In some college collego col col- lego lege class the professor proCessor told us that the the- only thing that didn't change was the law of change Over the years this law of course has turned out to be true How Flow true In Ina a growing and expanding town When we first came here the road down the Colorado River on the north northsIde northside northside side was a good passable jeep road Some brave cars went vent over It The first time we went down I this road It seemed so very long I We had to wind around corners corners corners cor cor- corI I ners climb over small hills go over and around large rocks After ACter what seemed a long time and we just knew we were far from all signs of civilization we saw a lone man with a rubber tired wheelbarrow He lie was merrily merrily merrily mer mer- rily wheeling It down the road once In awhile he would stop and do something to the road As you know we are re of a curious curious curious curi curi- ous nature so we had to stop and Inquire Where in the name of common sense do you live JIve In Moab my boss dropped me off out here and told me to fix the road while he went to see about his mine Very logical and very practical As we went wenton on down the road we saw sa the boss and we saw the mine We shook our surprised heads and said Imagine a wheelbarrow way out here New Years Year's Day of this year we decided to go down this same road again Now thanks to the potash industry and to modem modern machinery we have a wide moth roadbed most of the way own the canyon Part of the oad hasn't been let ct et but we got to the narrow- narrow it t part of the canyon in record r me me In an ordinary car The irtes nes are the same huge rock mils nils Interesting side canyons mall balanced rocks on top of he P. P canyon walls A wealth of country to explore As we started our trip we saw where the railroad tunnel enters the mountain farther down the road we saw the construction company's equipment parked near the mouth of a small can can- yon We assumed that this Is the place where the tunnel will end Soon after we came to a maize of roadbeds and a maize of con con- Which is the railroad which will be the car road I Iam Iam Iam am glad that there are arc engineers that know what they are arc doing To a casual sightseer it Is s a amess amess amess mess a maize and an unsolvable puzzle But soon there will be a acar acar acar car roadbed there will be a railroad railroad rail rail- road bed all neatly sorted out We will be able to whiz along the smooth road and get to the potash mine in no time at all What used to take us all day to todo todo todo do we can do in an afternoons afternoon's time and still have Jave time to go goon goon goon on down the river and up either Shipman cutoff or Shafer Trail to to Dead Horse Point State Park and look at th the scenery there Such changes are being made not in scenery but in the ease of driving to this scenery This Is the change we like to see see see- guess it is s called progress too Around Moab we see many changes too more and more building It will be interesting to report to you what changes have taken place In this town of ours during the year of 62 Love PEPITA |