Onward with our exploration! This wash contains numerous petroglyphs and it is easy to feel overwhelmed and start marching down the wash without playing close attention, so we’re taking it slowly and contemplating each panel as we come across it. Remember, these petroglyphs took several hours to make. There was intent behind making them, so they had meaning.
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With the prelude [ Perambulation Prelude ] out of the way it is time to put in some serious groundwork and explore this wash in detail. The elements found along the boulders are in many cases beautiful, well-worked and bold. It is worth lingering and not getting overwhelmed by the sheer size of this site, so we’ll take it in little bites.
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Continue readingWe started a journey before dawn one spring morning, driving far into the desert so we could go walk through history. As we rolled up the miles on tarmac, effortlessly covering distances that spans days of travel on foot, I thought about how humans always seek the path of least resistance. For modern people that means sedentary lives and easy driving on blacktop. In the past, it meant finding the places where the land was gentler and yielded more easily to those seeking a living from it.
Our destination for the day was one such place. It offered water, food, and an easy corridor of travel. Our own easy travel ran out a ways short of our target, so we found a spot to park off of the two-track we’ve been bumping along, gathered up our packs, cameras, water and snacks, donned our sun hats, and set out across the desert, walking the way people have always walked in this land.
Continue readingIt’s been a hot, dry, smoky summer.
Busy, too! Every spare moment I had was taken up with earning my keep, keeping an eye on wildfires, and looking forward to winter.
Now, winter is finally on the horizon and with it, exploration of the desert. I had all kinds of hopes for exploring the High Sierra this summer and reporting back on all I found, but that was not to be, not with the kind of summer this was.
Let’s all hope for a better rainy season in 2021! In the meantime I do have some exploring to report on, from a little while back, so keep an eye out for that, and I hope to get out into the desert times a-plenty this winter, and bring you back pictures of fabulous finds.
Happy trails everyone!