Cedar Mesa Chronicles: Chapter 13 | Thursday – Sunday, November 28 – December 1, 2024
This year for the extended Thanksgiving holiday weekend Diane and I returned to the landscape surrounding the Bears Ears and spent all four days wandering a selection of canyons and rims carved into Cedar Mesa and beyond. Our time was split between searching for new sites and revisiting sites that I hadn’t been back to in over a decade but were mostly new to Diane. We saw quite a bit more rock art this time around with only a few ruins scattered throughout our hikes. In the end we had another great weekend exploring one of our favorite places together and look forward to returning again and again. These are some photos of what we saw.
Red Bear Panel
It was nice to revisit the Red Bear Panel since I had not been back here in a long time!
Remnant Ruin
Atomic Rock
White Bear Pictograph
After visiting this White Bear pictograph, I have now seen three different colored bears and two bear petroglyphs in the last week!
Concentric Circles at the Lance Site
The Lance Site
Red & White Alcove
Holding Hands
There was lovely light on the canyon wall as we searched for rock art in the area.
The Quail Panel
It was great to see the Quail Panel again and Diane seemed to enjoy her first visit to this impressive site.
Atlatl Man
Scary Mask
Colorful Canyon Wall
Corn Man Panel
Corn Man
It was great to finally see the Corn Man Panel since I managed to miss it on a previous visit.
Handprints & Ruins
Lifting Birds
The Birthing Panel
There are many tracks on this boulder.
Striped Body Anthropomorph
Great Wall Ruins
We stopped to check out Red Bar Arch while driving some backroads.
Red Bar Arch
Big Boulder Panel
The Sideways Panel (Flipped for the photo.)
The Righways Panel
Circle Twins
Basketmaker Boulder
Spiral Snakes
The Dancers Panel
A high inaccessible ruin catching the first light of the day.
Green & Red Design
Green Snake
White House Ruins
White House T-Shaped Door
The Back Room
Mini Doll House
There was a nice roof on the Mini Doll House.
The Splendid Kiva
