To All the Doubters

All you who thought that the Great Buchanan Expedition to the Sugarhouse obelisk would fail?  You were grossly misinformed.  GROSSLY.  I am pleased to report that all three expeditioneers arrived safely and in good spirits.  Because this was a dad-based expedition, we did not stop to look at any fruity "nature" or garbage like that.  No dice.  We stopped at points of historical interest (and once a bird tried to crap on the expedition--and not in some metaphorical sense of dampening our spirits--this was poop) such as the old Utah Railway and Light station.  Eventually we reached our destination:

The story of all the failed attempts to get sugar production up and running are very interesting (and sad)--I first read about them in Great Basin Kingdom long ago.

Lunch was had at the obelisk--since we were feeling victorious, we decided to dine in victorious fashion.  (Sidenote--there are 74 times more distractions outside so feeding took forever). 

Some parties spent the return trip in a lazy manner...

while others were anxious to reach the site of the Gardner sawmill.

Expedition Summary: long and historically accurate.