The weekend after getting back home from my trip to Arizona we headed up to Dinosaur National Monument so that we could visit the newly-opened Dinosaur Quarry. After checking out the dinosaur bones we took a drive along Cub Creek so that I could visit the petroglyphs found there. This lizard is one of the more impressive ones to be found in the area. Don’t let the photo fool you, it’s bigger than it looks! There are many petroglyphs of lizards found here which I haven’t seen anywhere else.
The final stop on our way home from the Arizona Strip was this large boulder located near Bluff, Utah that contains a few good-sized petroglyphs of two horses and two zoomorphs that could be deer.
On our way home from the Arizona Strip, we made a detour along Comb Ridge to search for this petroglyph panel. The name Jump Rope Man comes from the central figure that appears to be jumping rope. I wonder what that figure could have represented? It’s not a very large panel, but it’s very unique and in great shape.
After spending the previous two days on the Arizona Strip, I was back in Utah again and taking taking an easy day off from hiking. I decided to visit the South Fork Indian Canyon Pictographs since it was a short hike at the end of a sandy road. There were many colorful pictographs found in the alcove here and this photo just shows a few of the interesting ones. There are the Yellow Twins one the left side, with an unusual white and yellow circular design below them. To the right is a small square-headed anthropomorphic figure. It appears that the small red squares below this figure might have been part of larger white anthropomorphs. You can see part of the head and arm of the one on the right that still survives. It was a very interesting site to visit.
Let’s take a break today from my Arizona trip photos so that I can post up a photo of a ruin. I visited Cave 7 back in January of this year, and it was an amazing experience. For those who are unfamiliar with the history of Cave 7, check out this trip report on my blog that has a little bit of information and history on the site. This is the remaining wall of a structure that was built in part of the very large alcove.
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