May 06 2026
May 06 2026
Heading into Monarch
He intrepid hikers. Hard to believe this is the desert in Utah
Firecracker Penstemon
Globe Mallow
Almost to the house site
Impressive
Nice petroglyph
Many handprints
Old pictures
Sawtooth motif seen through the region. The green pigment special and rare
Many prints of different colors and techniques…
Interesting shapes/forms
Handprints all over the place
A different look at the houses. Cylindrical shape is interesting
More hand prints
Ancient echos of those who came before us…
A bird? A flying being?
Hands and forms
Some fade yellow handprints here as well
Big party with a show of hands. Previous picture was of panel in lower right.
More stuff. Incredible amount of painting
Looking back up trail to Monarch. Watch your step!
Heading to Cold Spring Cave
Sand Verbena
Cold Spring Cave
More painted hands and crumbling structure
Several Metates
Medium/ small structure.
Many metates. Some serious grinding of maize was being done here!
More really nice paintings. Notice the spirals as well
Evening light
The sun is heading for the western horizon at the end of a great day!
