I haven't been able to get out and do much lately. Wife finally told me to get out of the house and go play in the dirt for a few days before I turned suicidal.
So last weekend a couple buddies and I took off for The Maze, four nights, five days. Different camp spot every night. Covered just under 300 miles of dirt. Most of it I've done and seen many times, but neither of my buddies had ever seen any of it and I always enjoy showing friends the neat stuff hidden out in that country.
Just a big old picture dump here, know some of you guys appreciate this kind of stuff.
Dinosaur bones. These were new to me, they aren't that unusual in this area, but we found a good pocket of them, found dozens of them in about half an hour. This one had the most showing though, can tell somebody else has been trying to chip it out.
Garden variety Fremont petroglyphs
Little geyser. Was spouting the best I've seen it in many years, but still nothing like it was twenty years ago.
Just a couple of the inscriptions at Robbers Roost spring. Wolverton is a famous name from a hundred years ago. The other was a wife of one of the leaders of the famous Hole In The Rock expedition. My great-great grandpa took part in a famous shootout with outlaws about half a mile from this spot.
Shootout was just down around the corner in this picture. Those are the Henrys in the background.
Flint cabins. Built in 1919.
View from up on The Neck. Cataract canyon and the Abajos in the distance.
My friend Kevin on the foot trail down into The Maze.
The rock art I was taking him to see.
- DAA
So last weekend a couple buddies and I took off for The Maze, four nights, five days. Different camp spot every night. Covered just under 300 miles of dirt. Most of it I've done and seen many times, but neither of my buddies had ever seen any of it and I always enjoy showing friends the neat stuff hidden out in that country.
Just a big old picture dump here, know some of you guys appreciate this kind of stuff.
Dinosaur bones. These were new to me, they aren't that unusual in this area, but we found a good pocket of them, found dozens of them in about half an hour. This one had the most showing though, can tell somebody else has been trying to chip it out.
Garden variety Fremont petroglyphs
Little geyser. Was spouting the best I've seen it in many years, but still nothing like it was twenty years ago.
Just a couple of the inscriptions at Robbers Roost spring. Wolverton is a famous name from a hundred years ago. The other was a wife of one of the leaders of the famous Hole In The Rock expedition. My great-great grandpa took part in a famous shootout with outlaws about half a mile from this spot.
Shootout was just down around the corner in this picture. Those are the Henrys in the background.
Flint cabins. Built in 1919.
View from up on The Neck. Cataract canyon and the Abajos in the distance.
My friend Kevin on the foot trail down into The Maze.
The rock art I was taking him to see.
- DAA