Claudette likes petroglyphs, and she got them! We joined a guided tour of the petroglyphs in Seminole Canyon where the park is located (public access is blocked due to prior incidents of damage to the petroglyphs done by visitors) These are fairly large and multi-colored, so there is no doubt that these were made by humans.
Unfortunately, little is known about those who made these, but we are told that they have been carbon dated back 4000 years. Pretty exciting.
We stayed in the park for the rest of our one-nighter, and just enjoyed the spectacular views, made a campfire in our propane firepit, and then enjoyed the dark skies by observing the milky way and the thousands of stars we could see with the naked eye, once our eyes adapted to the darkness.
Claudette’s Two Cents:
I am fascinated by petroglyphs, hieroglyphs, all kinds of glyphs. These are called pictographs since they were done by using dyes. This was definitely one of my highlights from this trip.
Here are a few images (I took the liberty to adjust the lighting so that you’d be able to see petroglyphs better.)
