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Escalante Canyon Petroglyphs

Sunday, January 9, 2011

On Sunday, Amanda and I took a short trip to Escalante Canyon near Delta to locate some new petroglyphs and to revisit some ones I’ve been to before. The new panels we found were along the Gunnison River.

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Dominguez-Escalante NCA by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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Centipede by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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Escalante Hunting Scene by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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Elk Head by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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In Charge by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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Long Legs by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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Black & White Zoomorphs by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

Further in the canyon we stopped by the well-known Ute Petroglyph Panel. Unfortunately, some idiot has chalked all of the petroglyphs since I was here last in 2009.

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Fresh Chalk by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

The sign does a lot of good…

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Vandalism by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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Design by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

Amanda took this photo of a bighorn sheep on our way out of the canyon.

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Bighorn by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

It was a good way to spend a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon.

>> Escalante Canyon Petroglyphs Photo Gallery

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