Ruins and Art - Feb 15,16, 2003

For Valentines, Alicia treated me to a weekend in Bluff and Blanding, visiting with Dave Black and hunting down ruins and artwork. We gathered at Dave Black's house and found Jim Wright in residence, having recently "retired".

Alicia, Jim and the Truck
Preparing for another day in the desert.

Recent rains made the dirt roads to remote places impractical, so after a brief sortie toward Moon House Ruin, we chose plan B and headed to Natural Bridges for "The Loop".

Ah, the luxuries of National Parks
A well-made trail in Natural Bridges National Park

Ah, the luxuries of National Parks
Parents - keep your kids on a short leash!

#1 Of The Famous Bridges
Sipapu Bridge

Yet another cool arch
Arch across the canyon from Horse Collar Ruin

Come for the bridges, stay for the ruins...
Horse Collar Ruins

marks in the mud
"Turkey Foot" marks in the cement on Horse Collar Ruin

Come for the bridges, stay for the ruins...
This rainbow of cement shows where a building used to be.

Butterflies flutter by...
Butterfly paintings have been interpreted to show that this particular
band of Anasazi probably took butterflies as their clan totem.

And then we were pressed for time, so we didn't take any more digital pictures.

 

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