Show 1 1 I Construction of the Freeways through this area may not have made maGe t tao o much Imp impact ct upon those of us who vho have lived here and watched the gradual change But Dut for some one who has not watched watch watch- ed the change the first sight Ight can b bs be shocking For Instance take Mary Bowring flow Dow ring the fine columnist on the Kaysville Reflex I wish With I were lying tying on the th jand sand of blue Hawaii said our young teen teen-ager 63 tu she scraped a I bowl of ot cold cereal leavings into the garbage disposal Id I'd rather be riding n a n. n ferry terry to th the Statue of Liberty 0 Or Dr h how w about buying per fume in Paris Why cant can't we be at the zoo In SAn S San n J Fr Well obviously Wl with only Jingling lag ing money money aro around and an fi obliga obligation tion tron to be home at 6 we could do I none of those things But DUt we could take a picnic and a battery radio up t the Che Weber River and find escape for jor a few tew hours Looking g flack Back BackI 4 I i t I I knew just the right tight spot for fora a quick picnic I bragged We would ride up past Devils Devil's Gate and I could point out where theold theold the theold old road used to wind over on I the south side aide of the river I could tell how Mother used to make all the children get get out and walk around the hairpin curves s' s while P Pad Pd d drove t the e pr precarious arlous trip Inthe in inthe the old touring Chevrolet with the the I. I isinglass side curtains i iI i I could remember that my Dad Dad looked with disgust at t the te e new new I har surfaced hard s highway being built t for fast tast travel along the north northside northside t side of the Ule river They have spoiled Weber Canyon h he he e I 1 moaned The fishing and the thet j i I beauty will never be the same same Then I could point out tIle the grove down by the river and te tell how whole colonies of my relatives rela rela- fives tives used to converge there during dur duro ing the summer I could point out II 1 j the he house where we used to buy j I even milk I coul could remember that that we stayed there for several weeks one summer sum sum- mer mer be because auSe there was an whooping cough in town and Mother thought anything was better than to have her children with whooping c cough ugh I remember falling on apiece a apiece aple piece e of of glass glass' and how the blood spurted Then we rushed over to the house where we bought the made a call caU to my Dad the he used to commute from Kaysville Kays Kay yule ville to the river during whoopIng whoopIng whooping whoop- whoop Ing cough rough season who drove madly up the canyon In the Chevrolet touring car without car without the Isinglass side curtains curtains to to pick me up and hurry me downto down downto downto to the doctor for stitches In the tho I gaping wound I in hi my knee I I Mothers Mother's Iother Canyon j i nl This is Mothers Mother's Cany i quipped one of the older in the rally She thinks she owns I t It i Itt Uk like she owns our 1 And Ana ha h 1 whole white 1 I n am t taik 1 1 n nt about abut all U the p. p good hi b oN ot 1 Weber Canyon we p pass Robin Robin- 1 srn's sens pass Th The Wheel and the houses louses to the east soon soap now we will turn I cre to Cottonwood Canyon We used to camp there too loo when I t teas was a n girl and Dad used to catch p plenty penty enty o of or trout for break break- fast tast Its It's a good thing you bro brought your y jour ur fishing pole Stewart And then then-oh th then oh n-oh oh horrors horrors We wc see seethe seethe seethe the sign Airport with arrows pointing to Cottonwood Canyon Why would anyone ant to II put an airport at the entrance to 10 o I Oo I demanded to know But nut we turn onto the road Then I see the still more offending sign NO TRESPASSING TRESPASS- TRESPASS ING VIOLATORS WILL BE nE I PROSECUTED I They cant can't do this to me I mutter nutter and back out Strawberry l Pop Iop op Well never mind mind-I mind I know another another an an- other place We Wo drive up the road roada a spell and th then turn at P Peter Peter- ter sop across the Weber west and the river meanders along along we we can cant t find a f place to rest and picnic Besides and and I remember you you can buy delicious strawberry rry soda pop pap at t the tiny store store at Pet Pet Pet- cr erson The storekeeper used to have hivo candy in big glass containers contain ers era and coal oil and stale bread brend I partially melted ice cream cream ut but delicious 3 strawberry soda pop 1 Wll W 11 stop for some pop If If you you have driven up Weber Canyon recently know what I a 1 sh shock ck I had Why the ry of everybody ev I Interstate 15 is i I going right through Peterson I I Gone is the general store with the I strawberry soda pop Gone is the I Gone is the wide meandering w We Weber We ber It her it has been dredged I 1 suppose suppose sup sup- pose Into a respectable channel I with no danger of flooding over I its Iti sides There are exits and entrances entrances en en- trances and access roads anc and everything Is very scientifically designed to destroy absolutely the beauty of the canyon What have they done to MY canyon Dont be upset Mother this Mother this is progress you progress you know like Uke the curb and gutter project like Uke TV dinners like landscaping a hol hol- hol- hol low You wouldn't want to stand in the way of progress would you ouY Would I 1 T |