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]

Two Two-Headed Sheep by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr


Gathering by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr


Santa's Sleigh by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr


Watch Where You Step by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr


Four-Toed Bear by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr


Almost Gone by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr


Many Sheep in Kane Creek by IntrepidXJ, 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.


Balanced Rock at Sunset by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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

[denaliguide]

nice shots!

[Udink]

Indeed, very nice.

Jeep Under Petroglyphs by IntrepidXJ, 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.

[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.

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.

[ibenick]

That's a killer shot of balanced rock.

[IntrepidXJ]

Thanks Nick