IntrepidXJ
07-21-2011, 06:05 PM
Saturday & Sunday, July 16-17, 2011
This past weekend Amanda and I headed down to the Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument to visit some ruins and rock art that I have wanted to get to for a while. The weather was pretty nice all weekend, in the upper 80′s during the hottest part of the day, and there were enough clouds in the sky to block the sunlight occasionally to help keep things feeling a little cooler.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5948425917_73e50e82f5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5948425917/)
Hundred Handprints (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5948425917/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
Our first stop was at the Hundred Handprints panel near the Escalante River. Unlike the last cave I visited that claimed to have 100 handprints, this one delivered!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/5952167705_abbf2c866e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952167705/)
Hunter Panel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952167705/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
An interesting petroglyph panel overlooking the Escalante River.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5955907103_a607c7c9f8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5955907103/)
Escalante Hunter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5955907103/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
A closer look at the above panel.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5952913816_1b99336323.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952913816/)
Confluence Site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952913816/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
A severely damaged petroglyph site.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/5952899114_81a88e225c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952899114/)
Escalante Vandalism (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952899114/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
Closer look at the damage.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5952189033_7ab1d32541.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952189033/)
Confluence Sheep (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952189033/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
A lone sheep that luckily was not damaged.
Our next stop was visiting a few small alcoves that contained a whole bunch of small pictographs known as the Weavers Caves because of the many needle-like paintings found within.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5956514784_cf5faa8dc0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956514784/)
Weavers Designs 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956514784/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
Very fine and detailed pictographs unlike anything I have seen in the area before.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5956673280_d805949530.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956673280/)
Weavers Designs 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956673280/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/5959464694_6e2b238252.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5959464694/)
Weavers Sheep (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5959464694/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
One of the few figures that wasn’t abstract. It kind of looks like it may have been a bighorn sheep.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5956525294_388feb7479.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956525294/)
Faint Creature (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956525294/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
The only anthropomorphic-like figure I found in the Weavers Caves.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5952228941_d853990c15.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952228941/)
Needles (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952228941/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
Needle-like paintings.
This past weekend Amanda and I headed down to the Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument to visit some ruins and rock art that I have wanted to get to for a while. The weather was pretty nice all weekend, in the upper 80′s during the hottest part of the day, and there were enough clouds in the sky to block the sunlight occasionally to help keep things feeling a little cooler.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5948425917_73e50e82f5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5948425917/)
Hundred Handprints (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5948425917/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
Our first stop was at the Hundred Handprints panel near the Escalante River. Unlike the last cave I visited that claimed to have 100 handprints, this one delivered!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/5952167705_abbf2c866e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952167705/)
Hunter Panel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952167705/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
An interesting petroglyph panel overlooking the Escalante River.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5955907103_a607c7c9f8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5955907103/)
Escalante Hunter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5955907103/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
A closer look at the above panel.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5952913816_1b99336323.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952913816/)
Confluence Site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952913816/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
A severely damaged petroglyph site.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/5952899114_81a88e225c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952899114/)
Escalante Vandalism (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952899114/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
Closer look at the damage.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5952189033_7ab1d32541.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952189033/)
Confluence Sheep (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952189033/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
A lone sheep that luckily was not damaged.
Our next stop was visiting a few small alcoves that contained a whole bunch of small pictographs known as the Weavers Caves because of the many needle-like paintings found within.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5956514784_cf5faa8dc0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956514784/)
Weavers Designs 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956514784/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
Very fine and detailed pictographs unlike anything I have seen in the area before.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5956673280_d805949530.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956673280/)
Weavers Designs 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956673280/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/5959464694_6e2b238252.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5959464694/)
Weavers Sheep (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5959464694/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
One of the few figures that wasn’t abstract. It kind of looks like it may have been a bighorn sheep.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5956525294_388feb7479.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956525294/)
Faint Creature (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5956525294/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
The only anthropomorphic-like figure I found in the Weavers Caves.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5952228941_d853990c15.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952228941/)
Needles (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/5952228941/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr
Needle-like paintings.