Petroglyphs

The elusive bull frogs are hard to capture but this one got a bit too comfortable in the clover .   

 We took a late afternoon drive up the canyon along the mighty Colorado River to search for petroglyphs.   In some remote areas there are also pictographs but they have mostly faded away.   The difference is the pictographs are painted on the rock and the petroglyphs are 'pecked' into the varnish layer .... presumably with a sharp stone as they had no Dremels or sharp pointy metal objects.   These are dated anywhere from 1000-2000 BC to 1400 AD....as far as anyone can tell...who really knows.

 I like the small person and the large jackrabbit.    About a foot tall on the rabbit and high up on the wall which makes you wonder how they did it.

 This is the" birthing rock", right beside the road.    It has details on all sides but the most interesting one

 is of a birth....awfully big baby and the literature says it is feet first....sounds impossible but their sense of scale seems a bit off on most things.

 This one has various sizes of feet and a horse or deer or something.   Didn't the Spanish introduce the horse, so guess that's not a horse.

 This is supposed to be a bear.

 Relaxing outside the house in the beautiful evening glow.    Mornings and evenings are perfect.

This morning, I was able to register for the 3 classes that I wanted at Denver Botanic Gardens.....yippee.     It was stressful as registration started at 9 and classes fill fast.    Two of mine sold out shortly after I got in.    I'm so thrilled.     Paul successfully  did his thing and got us camping sites back in Denver in July and August.    And he's anticipating his return to the Parkers Picklers......!
And now, it's off on one more trail ride and then tomorrow we pack up and head south to cooler weather.    (yes, you read that right.....higher elevation......)