Monticello, Utah meanders with the charm of an eccentric explorer.
They’re different now, the explorers in Monticello, Utah and everywhere else.
Lewis and Clark, Carson and Fremont, they leave stirring legacies but not many descendants.
Today’s explorers rarely take note of what they see changing.
They don’t have much interest in tracking down mysterious motherlodes that sweep civilizations in and out of night and day.
Nowadays, the sources and mechanics of change fail to stir up much interest. It’s limited to scientists looking to add evidence to their unsettling catalog of climate change.
Today’s explorers set out to find lithium and uranium. They’re after vast stretches of shale where massive hydraulic fracking can be unleashed.
No such destruction comes from the eccentric explorer poking around Monticello, Utah.
