I had grand visions of heading to Utah for a week to look at red rocks. The weather had other ideas, so we stayed closer to home; allowing us to scamper back when things took an ugly turn. As it turns out, there are plenty of things worth doing that are close by. So, we did some exploring. This is a compilation of several shorts trips in no apparent order, but folks have been wondering what we are up to. So, here it is. Lots of rocks, and petrogplyphs and a few pictographs, and fossil tracks, and old mining stuff, just so we appear to be well rounded. Yes, most of it involves hiking. Birds have been scarce on our ramblings. In fact, we spent one day without seeing a single bird.
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| Blue man. |
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| Bob goes all rock climby. |
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| Pictograph sheep! |
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| Not the usual perspective for this feature. The pinnacles from above. |
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| Fossil bird and cat. I think. |
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| Bob executes a flying Rachel on the surf board. Good form. |
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| Underground. Yep, a bit spooky for me. |
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| The water does roar through there when it rains. |
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| Looks like fish rocks got a new coat of paint. |
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| Fossil tracks. We think dog, but maybe cat. |
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| Actual bighorn, rather than the petroglyph variety. |
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| Pictograph humans |
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| A launch from Vandenberg |
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| How about that stope? We didn't even think of going in. |
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| Moqui Marbles without the iron oxide. |
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| Petroglyph Sheep |
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| Green mudstone, I like it. |
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| Blue deer and people. Very cool pictograph. |
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| Bob tells me it drops straight down, I took three years off my life looking from where I was. I am hoping those missing years will be nursing home years and not hiking years. |
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| Look at me getting all brave. |
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| Another sheep. |
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| Kissing arch. |
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| Really like the hand. |
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| I am not happy. The trail is narrow and the drop off steep. And then we couldn't get through, so I had to go back down. Even less happy about that. |
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| Me in the driver's seat of the 1924 Stutz fire engine. We went on the Maturango Museum's tour of Trona hosted by the Searles Valley Historical Society. Go if you get a chance. I did not realize how much of Trona's history, the Historical Society has preserved. Well done. |
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| In the eye of elephant trunk arch. |
