Monday, August 26, 2024
After my plans were washed out in the Book Cliffs on Sunday, I met up again with my friend in the San Rafael Swell on Monday morning so we could spend most of the day visiting and searching for some rock art sites. The storms that had been prevalent the previous week had all cleared up overnight and the weather forecast was looking very dry for the foreseeable future so we didn’t have to worry about any of that today, although it was now a bit hazy or smoky out. Many of the roads we drove throughout the day were in rough shape from all the recent rain, but thankfully they were all dry and we had no troubles getting around in my Jeep. Even though we didn’t find everything we were looking for today, we still had a nice time sauntering around the Swell and now I’m really looking forward to getting back out into the desert more often starting in just a few more weeks! Here are some photos from the day.
We met up at the Eagle Canyon Overlook early in the morning.
The first site we visited was this nice and interesting petroglyph panel.
These deeply carved snakes on the right side of the panel kind of remind me of the snakes along Indian Creek.
The Foot Panel
This colorful alcove contained a few nice Fremont pictographs.
The color and inclusions in the sandstone were very interesting here.
Snake & Anthropomorph
A better look at the pictographs on the right side.
Here’s a closer look at the row of small anthropomorphs at the bottom of the alcove.
High Pictographs
The Fairy
Blue & Red Pictographs
Yellow Face Man
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.