So it shows you how much I know about the state I live in that I didn't even know we had petroglyphs and pictographs. I had a wonderful patient at the hospital tell me all about them and how close they were, a fun little day trip. I told Kenny about it, he was like, "oh yeah, there are tons of them all over Utah. Let's go take a look at these." So on one of his days off, we packed up the kids and car and drove to Castle Dale, UT.
We didn't make it to all of the sites my patient told me about, mainly due to the fact the sun sets at like 5:00 now! Our first stop was called "The Rochester Panel". It was a good hike to get there, I was almost afraid we had gone to the wrong spot when Kenny rounded a corner and there they were! These are petroglyphs because they are carved into the rock. Pretty neat!
Our second stop was actually to a place called "Ghost Rock". It's not a petroglyph or pictograph, but still really cool. We saw it while looking for the next site and decided to get out a take a picture. I am not sure, but I think it might be part of what is called "The Wedge" or Utah's little grand canyon. 
Once back in the car, we couldn't find the exit we were looking for and couldn't make it out to stop 3 and 4 due to time and day light. So we turned around and headed to stop 5 in the Buckhorn Wash. This panel was really neat. It is called the, "Buckhorn Wash Pictograph". It is 120 long and really neat. Unfortunately, it has been damaged some, but the Bureau of Land Management have tried to restore it to it's original state. Pictographs are painted onto the rock.
The 6th site would be really hard to find, luckily Kenny saw a path easily missed while driving. It is called the "Alabaster Petroglyphs" and was hidden behind a hill. If you didn't see the path, you would have missed it altogether.
The last stop we didn't get to because it was already dark outside once we got back in the car. I hope to be able to see the sites we missed, maybe in the summer we'll go back and find more! Utah is a pretty amazing state, I need to get out there and explore it!
6 comments:
Cool! I would have never known the difference. I've never been to see any. Maybe I'll have to spend a day with the fam checking them out too:)
Look at you all culture-ified looking all skinny in your jeans making me sick. When are we going to hang out is my question?
Cute cute...your kids look like perfect explorers.
That's so fun!! We never do things like that :(
Thank you for the mini-lesson, I never knew the difference. There are really amazing. but, WOW, what a hard way to keep a journal! So happy for computers.
THat is so cool! I love things like that! Would you mind emailing me the details and directions for those places. My little family would love to go explore those. Thanks for sharing!
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