Moab Area Rock Art I

[IntrepidXJ]

Saturday, January 22, 2011

On Saturday Amanda and I headed down to Moab to search out some new petroglyphs along the Colorado River, plus to revisit some that we

[IntrepidXJ]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5175/5389465326_9d9a4fff6e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5389465326/)
Two Two-Headed Sheep (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5389465326/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

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Gathering (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5385940437/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5384501236_29a15742bf.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5384501236/)
Santa's Sleigh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5384501236/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5388859839_88f0ce3e36.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5388859839/)
Watch Where You Step (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5388859839/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5164/5379355227_cd72295a8e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5379355227/)
Four-Toed Bear (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5379355227/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5298/5389494114_0335f534ba.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5389494114/)
Almost Gone (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5389494114/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/5386544046_533a80e97c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5386544046/)
Many Sheep in Kane Creek (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5386544046/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

After a productive day of searching out rock art, we grabbed some dinner in town and headed to Arches to watch the sunset on Balanced Rock.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5387533890_75a5a4c8c3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5387533890/)
Balanced Rock at Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5387533890/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

A few more photos can be found here: http://www.myxj.net/blog/5086

[denaliguide]

nice shots!:2thumbs:

[Udink]

Indeed, very nice.


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5388305071_0ca0713426.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5388305071/)
Jeep Under Petroglyphs (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5388305071/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
This always amazes me. It makes me wonder if there was a sand dune up against that cliff hundreds of years ago, or whether they stacked rocks, or made ladders, or what? I've seen a couple of other places with glyphs 20-30' up off the deck, and it just leaves me scratching my head. Cool stuff for sure, though. :cool2:

[IntrepidXJ]

This always amazes me. It makes me wonder if there was a sand dune up against that cliff hundreds of years ago, or whether they stacked rocks, or made ladders, or what? I've seen a couple of other places with glyphs 20-30' up off the deck, and it just leaves me scratching my head. Cool stuff for sure, though. :cool2:

The talus slope was removed from here when they built the road ;)

You can see where it was if you look at the light dark/varnished areas

[dioscuriII]

Excellent job. That one looks like a duckhead.

[accadacca]

Great stuff XJ. :cool2:

[ibenick]

That's a killer shot of balanced rock.

[IntrepidXJ]

Thanks Nick