Eric and Amy Watterson Flygare didn’t necessarily want to gain any notoriety by tromping through the snow in a field off U.S. Highway 89 near Franklin Basin on Saturday.
By Steve Kent & The Herald Journal
• Jan 14, 2021
Eric and Amy Watterson Flygare didn’t necessarily want to gain any notoriety by tromping through the snow in a field off U.S. Highway 89 near Franklin Basin on Saturday.
“This is all so embarrassing,” Eric said. “We were just out for a stroll. We didn’t want attention.”
Despite Eric’s protestations, however, the couple wasn’t just ambling they crafted a geometric pinwheel with a 300-foot diameter in the field with careful measurements and a couple pairs of borrowed snowshoes.
This story is made possible thanks to a community reporting partnership between The Herald Journal and Utah Public Radio.
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