Today’s site is another lesson in the “Once you’ve looked at all the obvious petroglyphs or pictographs, start looking around for the hidden ones!” track. There’s a small but well-remembered list of sites where I’ve done the hard work of finding the site and taking pictures, only to learn later that “But wait! There’s more!” For at least one of those sites I know I missed a large panel of petroglyphs. Walked right by it, basically, and didn’t see it. I haven’t been back because it is one of those “many miles” sites, and the miles weren’t easy, either!

This is the last little site we found during an exploration of a pretty big stretch of the Tablelands. By this time the day was fine and hot, with the occasional cloud providing some relief from the sun, and we were winding down to the point where even a small rock to be stepped over felt like a boulder to be climbed. 

We’re working our way through a good-sized petroglyph site, exploring a ridge with several surprises. The sun is a little too high in the sky for good photos, and the wind is a little too brisk for perching on boulders while trying to take photos. But all those things fade away into unimportance when you have petroglyphs to see!

I had a lot of fun exploring this site and I hope you do too! It is a pretty extensive site, or maybe several separate sites that are close together. Either way, it made for some good walking, excellent views, a little bit of scrambling, and plenty of discoveries.

Let’s go see!

We spotted a very promising cluster of boulders, cliffs and overhangs off in the distance one morning and set out to investigate. We happened to reach the one spot in the whole area that had anything of note straightaway, and spent the rest of the time getting plenty of exercise and not much else.