April 26 -- I stopped at Snow Canyon in part because
I didn’t have a Plan D boondock selected and I didn’t really want to head for
one of the Lake Mead options. The other reason was that I thought I’d seen a
petroglyph picture associated with Snow Canyon.
Turns out, there are a couple ‘glyphs at one of the
campsites, but that site was occupied. The super nice gal at the desk pointed
me to the Anasazi Valley trailhead between the communities of Ivins and
Kayenta. It’s an area within the Santa Clara River Reserve and has a bunch of
petroglyphs. It’s supposed to be 2.5 miles r/t but didn’t seem like it.
Not only were the designs different, but the position
of the petroglyphs was different as well. Many of these were done on the top of
the rock, exposed to the elements. Even with that, and a large number of people
visiting each day, they remain in amazing shape.
Instead of rock art on a large cliff panel, these
were all on boulders and broken blocks of rock.
Those that were on the vertical or near vertical face
of the rocks were all within arm’s reach.
This was the only group I spotted that were large
animals. The two big ones were perhaps 2 feet high, each.
Part of what intrigues me about rock art is
that no one can be positive about what it means, but several sources suggest the
spiral pattern is a sign to tell others that the migration continues. With
that, I’m not anticipating any more petroglyphs on this trip while my migration
continues home.
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